What can centuries-old whaling ship logs tell us about today’s extreme weather? According to scientists, the answer is a lot. They’re using the information recorded by mariners going back hundreds of ...

Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or ...

(NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2022 ROV and Mapping Shakedown via Courthouse News) NEW ORLEANS (CN) — Researchers say the wreck of a whaling ship more than two centuries old has likely been identified near ...

Note: Pleased be advised that some of the images of whaling in this video are graphic and may be disturbing for some viewers. This Genevieve Johnson speaking to you from Albany, in Western Australia.

A lot of oil could be extracted from the bones as well as from the blubber. Take a trip back in time with John Alexander's stunning photos of his time in the whaling industry.

I bought it the first time I went down to South Georgia — to work as an electrician for Christian Salvesen, Britain's biggest whaling company. I was employed first at Leith Harbour on South ...