However, some species actually travel much shorter distances. The feeding grounds of sei whales aren’t as close to the poles so they don’t migrate as far each year. Bryde’s whales prefer ...

Japan killed the first fin whale of the 2025 season today, after launching its whaling season on April 1. Kyodo Senpaku, Japan’s only factory ship whaling company, is expected to kill up to 56 sei ...

More than 150 endangered right, fin and sei whales are permitted to be harmed in this way, crippling their underwater navigation and communication abilities. Up to eight are allowed to be ...

For this year, the agency has set a combined catch quota of 379 for the three other whale species. Last year, Japanese whalers caught 294 minke, Bryde’s and sei whales — less than 80% of the ...

In total, 17,072 whales, such as sei and Antarctic minke whales, have been flensed and cut up in the Antarctic Sea, the Northwest Pacific Ocean and waters around Japan. Up until the 1970s when ...

A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese port Monday for the Sea of Okhotsk to hunt 25 fin whales. The crew of the ship, which left Shimonoseki port, plans to start hunting fin whales in the ...

This surprisingly entertaining film examines the 1975 fiscal crisis that nearly led the city to bankruptcy. The movie’s conclusions remain relevant today. By Alissa Wilkinson Tom Hardy is a ...

pygmy sperm whale, Risso's dolphin, sei whale, Sowerby's beaked whale, sperm whale, striped dolphin, True's beaked whale and white-beaked dolphin. But as impressive as the species list is the IWDG ...

Success stories like the comeback of sei whales off Argentina's coast after commercial hunting bans show what's possible when targeted policies are put in place. Even small changes such as planting ...