Norway has hunted whales in its own waters for centuries, but key technological advances, such as the exploding harpoon cannon, developed by its whalers in the 19 th century, enabled the expansion of ...

This summer, she's listening to the orcas of Norway's Lofoten Islands ... noise pollution from whale-watching cruises, oil exploration, and other human activity. Hamran has set out to study ...

The controversial practice of ‘whaling’, hunting and killing whales to extract and sell their meat is currently only ...

Timo Dersch encountered the whales while freediving in the waters surrounding Norway A freediver observing orcas was interrupted by another species of whale. Earlier in 2025, diver Timo Dersch was ...

Gliding stealthily through Norway’s frigid Arctic waters ... with one of the most fearsome sea predators — killer whales. Gliding stealthily through Norway’s frigid Arctic waters, world ...

WWF condemns plans by Japan to import whale meat from Norway. Gland, Switzerland - WWF is concerned by reports that Japan is planning to resume imports of whale meat for the first time in 11 years.