Wearing a toy whale hat, whale tie and a whale motif shirt, Hideki Tokoro spends much of his days thinking about the world’s largest mammals. But he doesn’t want to protect them. He wants to hunt them ...

Into New York Harbor last week steamed the second biggest whaling ship afloat, the 22,000-ton S. S. Sir James Clark Ross. In her hold was the largest cargo of whale oil ever to enter the port—a 45,000 ...

It’s always a treat to come upon a reminder of home when you’re traveling on vacation, a sign of what a small world it can be. That was my first reaction recently when visiting the Porto Pim Whale ...

Day after day, Industrialist Anders Jahre, 77, padded about his red brick mansion on a hill above the Norwegian town of Sandefjord and brooded over a decision he had to make. As he gazed down at the ...

The Sea Shepherds embark on another dangerous campaign as whaling season begins in the Antarctic; a donation from former game-show host Bob Barker allows the group to purchase a former Norwegian ...

The new ship replaces the Nisshin Maru, the infamous whaling factory vessel dubbed by activists as a “floating slaughterhouse” that was decommissioned in 2020 after more than 30 years of service, ...