An international team of Oregon State University scientists, documentary filmmakers and environmental advocates has uncovered an apparent illegal trade in whalemeat, linking whales killed in Japan's controversial ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 13, 2010 4.6 / 5 (9) 3 |

(AP) -- Residents of the dolphin-hunting village depicted in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" have dangerously high mercury levels, likely because of their fondness for dolphin and whale meat, Japan's ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 09, 2010 5 / 5 (5) 5

Iceland plans to resume its disputed commercial fin whale hunt in June with a quota of at least 154 whales, the head of the only company that catches the giant mammals said Saturday.

Biology - Ecology

May 05, 2013 4.6 / 5 (5) 0

South Korea said Sunday it will tighten rules on whaling and the processing of whale meat amid international pressure to curb illegal hunting of the endangered giant mammals.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 02, 2011 4.2 / 5 (5) 1

The governments of Norway and Japan are using taxpayer money to subsidize their unprofitable whaling industries, according to a first-time analysis of the economics of whaling.

Biology - Other

Jun 19, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0

Norwegian whale hunters have harpooned the first three whales of the year, nearly a month after the controversial hunting season began, the country's Fishermen's Sales Organisation said Wednesday.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 02, 2012 1 / 5 (2) 0