This morning (February 20, 2013) the news from Down Under reported that Japan has halted its whale hunt in the Great Southern Ocean Sanctuary. Amidst ...

For the past eight years the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society led by Captain Paul Watson has prosecuted anti-whaling campaigns near Antarctica and disrupted the annual Japanese whaling hunt. I spoke to Paul Watson via Skype on board the SSS Steve Irwin.

By Rob Taylor CANBERRA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Anti-whaling activists unveiled on Tuesday their latest weapon against Japanese whalers in ...

After a scare, I am happy to say that the Koreans have seen the error of their ways and have decided to not begin "scientific" whaling. So why can't we reach Japan?

SEOUL, South Korea -- A South Korean official says the government has decided to scrap a much-criticized plan to hunt whales for scientific research. ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea says it may scrap research whaling plans that have been widely criticized. Fisheries official Kang Joon-suk said We...

PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) — The International Whaling Commission ended its annual meeting on Friday amid dissatisfaction from a variety of members, i...

PANAMA CITY — The International Whaling Commission has rejected a request from Denmark for a whaling quota for indigenous groups in Greenland. ...

An investigation in Greenland by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) has shown whale meat from aboriginal hunting is being made availabl...

By Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer The population of eastern Pacific gray whales shows a huge dip at the same point that whal...

We humans are merely passengers on the spaceship Earth. We produce nothing important for a healthy planet, but certainly spare no expense at taking what we need and then some. We are the ultimate planetary narcissists.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Anti-whaling activists claimed Tuesday that they have effectively ended this year's Japanese hunt following a late-ni...

Want to just solve the problem? They estimate that whaling makes about $31 million in profits. Anti-whaling spends $25 million. If the anti-whaling money directly paid whalers not to hunt -- problem solved.

By Jennifer Jacquet (Click here for original article.) "Research on chimpanzees is contentious, expensive, and of increasingly limited necessity,"...

SYDNEY (AP) — A conservationist group's boat that was chasing a Japanese whaling vessel off Antarctica was seriously damaged by a giant wave Thursda...

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan is spending 2.3 billion yen ($29 million) from its supplementary budget for tsunami reconstruction to fund the country's annual wh...

TOKYO — Japan plans to go ahead with its whaling program in the Antarctic later this year despite threats from activists to disrupt the annual h...

When it comes to whaling, Iceland is an international outlaw. Years of global negotiations and declarations have failed utterly to end its illegal slaughter of whales. It's time to send Iceland a message it can't ignore: trade sanctions.

HELSINKI — The United States is set to announce possible trade and diplomatic sanctions against Iceland for ramping up its whale hunts despite a...

ST. HELIER, Jersey — A British proposal to crack down on alleged vote-buying was among the main items on the agenda as the International Whaling...

Last week, I spent a week aboard The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessels after they successfully shut down Japanese whaling operations in the southern ocean whale sanctuary -- a victory 7 years in the making.

This constant, misguided yammering about alleged terrorism every time someone tries to nonviolently stop someone from harpooning whales or finning sharks is downright ignorant, and just plain silly.

Tokyo confirms the whaling fleet has been called home, ending the 2010 - 11 season, but leaves open possibilities of returning to the Antarctic next year.