Since the old days, some species of whales have almost fully recovered. Some are still imperiled and some species will soon ...

(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 ...

but I’d seen other people’s photos. The red meat on the side of the factory ship is a rack of whale ribs. They would hoist them up and slice them off one at a time. Then they would chop them ...

But times were changing: Whale populations in the North Atlantic had declined, forcing whaling ships to head to more ... the captain’s 18-year-old cousin. The young man resigned himself to ...

Old whaling ship logbooks in a local library may offer up new insight into climate change. An unlikely project is unfolding at the Providence Public Library. Local historians and scientists are ...

Some of its more memorable displays include an 1849 Fresnel Lens from the old ... "whaling capital of the world. Also popular is a storytelling presentation on The Essex, the local whaling ship ...