But seeing humpback whales in the English Channel is far more rare. Thea Taylor, Managing Director at the Sussex Dolphin ...

A beluga whale nicknamed Hvaldimir, suspected of being trained as a Russian spy, has been found dead off the coast of Norway. First spotted five years ago wearing a harness marked “Equipment of ...

Norway has hunted whales in its own waters for centuries, but key technological advances, such as the exploding harpoon cannon, developed by its whalers in the 19 th century, enabled the expansion of ...

Author, a senior medical officer to the expedition, tells about the first leg of the journey-the departure from South Shields, near Newcastle, to Tonsberg ... to pick up 17 whale catchers.

Finnish customs officials have investigated illegal imports of minke whale meat, a prohibited item, from Norway. In 2022, about 36,000 kilograms (79,366 pounds) of whale meat were imported to ...

The meat — sourced from minke whales, a protected species — was shipped from Norway in 2022 and used to feed Finnish sled dogs, according to a Dec. 30 news release. “Dog food containing ...

The orca that made headlines in 2018 for carrying her stillborn calf for 17 days off the coast of Washington and British Columbia has given birth to a new baby, according to Michael Weiss ...

Many members of the international community consider whale-hunting a barbaric practice that should have been banned decades ago.  But some countries have ...

The discovery led to an investigation by Norway's domestic intelligence agency, which later said that the whale was likely to have been trained by the Russian army as he seemed accustomed to humans.

A Beluga whale whose strange harness sparked suspicions it was trained by Russia for spying purposes has been found dead in Norway, according to an NGO which tracks his movements. Nicknamed ...