A team of archaeologists, biologists and historians from institutions in Norway, the Netherlands, the U.K. and France has found via use of zooarchaeology techniques and collagen mass-peptide fingerprinting that humans contributed ...
(Phys.org) —A trio of marine scientists has printed a Policy Forum piece in the journal Science, detailing the recent history of Japan's research projects in the Antarctic region, and suggesting that the International Whaling ...
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 scientific ...
Biotechnology
Apr 13, 2010
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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.
Other
Jun 19, 2009
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Iceland's government said Tuesday it was suspending this year's whale hunt until the end of August due to animal welfare concerns, likely bringing the controversial practice to a historic end.
Ecology
Jun 20, 2023
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One is the largest animal known to have ever existed. The other is a revered predator at the top of its food chain. But would a blue whale and a great white shark ever find themselves at odds with each other in the wild?
Plants & Animals
Sep 2, 2022
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Researchers studying the level of mercury concentration of whales in the Caribbean were shocked to see dangerously high levels of the toxic substance in whale products sold for human consumption.
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2021
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For generations, people in Alaska's far-north villages have relied on hand-built ice cellars dug deep into the permafrost to age their whale and walrus meat to perfection and keep it cold throughout the year.
Environment
Nov 25, 2019
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Japan proposed an end to a decades-old ban on commercial whaling at an international conference Monday, arguing there is no longer a scientific reason for what was supposed to be a temporary measure.
Ecology
Sep 11, 2018
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Japan killed 122 pregnant minke whales during a highly controversial annual whaling expedition that Tokyo defends as scientific research but conservationists call "gruesome and unnecessary."
Ecology
May 31, 2018
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