The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although whaling is an ancient practice, just how ancient it is and who the first whalers were, is unclear. But the discovery of ...

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How do you hunt a whale when your boat is made of logs lashed with vines and your harpoon is carved from animal bone?

Killer whales and dolphins have been found hunting together for the first time. Canadian scientists said the two species had developed a “strategic allegiance” to hunt salmon in deep water. A study in ...

Once dismissed as sticks and forgotten in a museum, the 5,000-year-old tools show prehistoric people hunted whales far from the Arctic. Picture of Krista McGrath analyzing one of the harpoons that ...

Killer whales are among the ocean’s most powerful predators. They can prey on stingrays, seals, porpoises, and even massive baleen whales. They are also known for disrupting great white sharks and ...

Despite the Makah Tribe’s success in getting a waiver to carry out their exclusive treaty right for whaling, the permitting process that had dragged on for over 20 years has now been effectively ...

Northern resident killer whales appear to use dolphins as ‘scouts’, in a surprising cooperative hunting strategy ...