Hundreds of years ago, sailors were terrified by the Kraken, a dreadful sea monster capable of sinking ships and with a taste for human flesh ... generally depicted as a whale-like creature, as its ...

Whales can also help cycle nutrients in the ocean when they disturb the seabed as they feed. Gray whales ( Eschrichtius ...

Observations of winds that once buffeted this 1800s whaling ship are offering up some critical clues to climate change. The Charles W. Morgan is an attraction at Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut.

Converted from a pelagic trawl boat, the factory ship first led a whaling expedition that lasted from 1991 to 1992. It was called a “moving processing factory” because the whales caught by ...

In August 1871, 32 whaling ships from various corners of the United States, including Hawaii, New England, and California, met in the cold waters off the shores of Alaska in pursuit of the Bowhead ...

This is the spectacular moment a whale leaps from the water in front of a patrol ship in Japan. Dramatic footage shows the large marine mammal seemingly enjoying its playful behaviour off the ...

A young North Atlantic right whale is one of the precious few born into a species teetering on the edge of extinction.

But it could also be injured as a result of human activity: trawling and ships can kill whales, too. Whitehead says he can't tell from the video, but says unlike other whale species, the sperm whale ...

in July as he sought to intercept a Japanese whaling ship. Japan, which has long sought Watson’s extradition, accuses him of obstructing commercial whaling activities and injuring crew members ...