Long before ships sailed the oceans or factories hunted whales for oil, humans living near the Bay of Biscay were already ...

Video footage shows the massive sea creature breaching the ocean surface off Australia with the line clearly visible across ...

Fragment of projectile point from the cave site of Isturitz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France), made of bone from right whale or bowhead whale, dated to 17,300-16,700 years before present, curated at the ...

By Peter Corkeron In a world full of bad news, there’s been good news in whale conservation. Many of the great whales are ...

A fin whale carcass is examined by a visitor near downtown Anchorage on November 19, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN) Of all the kinds of whales that could have washed onto the Anchorage mudflats, a fin ...

While fin whales are typically found in deep, offshore waters in open seas, away from the coast, primarily in temperate to polar latitudes, as per NOAA, NOAA biologist Barbara Mahoney told USA ...

Fin whales are the second-largest whale species, according to NOAA Fisheries, and fully grown can reach up to 85 feet long and weigh between 40 tons and 80 tons.

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A 47-foot fin whale washed ashore along Anchorage’s coastal trail over the weekend. Hundreds of people ventured out onto tidal flats Sunday to take a look at the carcass in the sun.

British activist Elyssia Phillips and her Iranian friend Anahita Babaei face potential jail time in Iceland after protesting whaling by climbing a whaling boat mast and staying there for 33 hours.

Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to more than $1,300 per kilogram (2.2 lbs) at auction Thursday.. Japan’s Fisheries ...