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Whaling

Black-and-white photo of two men in outdoor gear standing besides a large harpoon gun on a boat
Environment
The Soviet Union once hunted endangered whales to the brink of extinction — but its scientists opposed whaling and secretly tracked its toll
The tale of a humpback whale is shown rising out of the ocean and slapping on the surface of the water near Okinawa, Japan.
Environment
Japan to resume commercial whaling after pulling out of IWC
Humpback whale
Climate Change
The humpback whale population is recovering
The carcass of a right whale is prepared to be towed out to sea near Norway, Prince Edward Island.
Environment
Experts say ‘extinction is around the corner’ for Atlantic right whales
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Global Scan
Consumerism knows no bounds when it comes to taste
Japan kills whales
Environment
Japan vows to continue its whaling program, despite an international ruling ordering it to stop
Coral trout
Global Scan
Could this trout really be as smart as a chimp?
Blue whales are the largest creatures that have ever lived. They were hunted to near extinction in the 20th century and have only recovered since to perhaps 10% of their pre-whaling numbers, but new research has found that the Northeastern Pacific populat
Environment
Here’s the green success story of the California blue whale
Bowhead whale catch
Food
A successful whale hunt in northern Canada revives an ancient Inuit tradition
Workers butcher a Baird's Beaked whale at Wada port in Minamiboso, southeast of Tokyo. Today's order by a UN court now stops the practice in the southern ocean.
Environment
Japan told it can’t hunt whales near Antarctica — because it’s not scientific
Business, Economics and Jobs
Australia-Japan Whaling Case in International Court
Letters
When Native Cultures and Environmental Movements Clash
Makah Whaling
Makah Whaling: Rights and Fights
Carribean Nations Selling out Whales to Japan?
The Living on Earth Almanac
Right Whales in Trouble
Sea Shepherd Sinks Ships So Cetaceans Still Survive?
Norway’s Artic Whalers
Norway’s Whaling Woes
Whaling
A Whale of a Sliver
Whale of a Story
A Whale Hunt
Whale Meat
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