(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Starting around 1650, whaling expanded along the Northeast coast of the British ...

East Carolina University’s Dr. Jason T. Raupp is the author of a new book, “Wrecked on the Reef: Maritime Archaeology of ...

In our fortnightly Picture This column, Lynn Museum shows a drawing of West Norfolk fishermen fighting a whale.

A decade-old program to educate students about the history of the whaling industry found itself beached on Thursday when Congress passed its 2011 spending bill. Known as the "Exchanges with Historic ...

They’re baaaaaaaccck. Whale hunting season kicked off in Japan last week as three ships set off with a security vessel on their annual pilgrimage to cull hundreds of minke and fin whales in Antarctic ...