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Japan has officially relaunched its commercial whaling industry, sending the first vessels out to sea this month for the first time in 30 years. Animal rights and marine conservation defenders have condemned the relaunch...

Officials in Russia announce the release of nearly 100 whales currently being held in what amounts to a whale jail in Srednyaya Bay. A few months ago, a drone discovered the whale pens in the bay, which held over 90 belugas...

Japanese hunters recently killed 122 pregnant minke whales as part of a so-called field survey, the BBC reported. The hunters caught the whales for scientific study — even though in 2014 the United Nations ruled against...

Jump, Migaloo! In recent months, we’ve seen photographs of white giraffes and even a white moose. Now, footage has emerged of a rare white humpback whale, and nature enthusiasts can’t contain their excitement. The whale,...

333 Antarctic minke whales were slaughtered by a Japanese fleet in the name of “science,” even though we have techniques of studying whales without murdering them...

Iceland is often listed as the greenest country in the world, but one industry puts a black stain on their record – whaling. In 1986, the International Whaling Commission issued a moratorium on commercial whaling, but Iceland...

September 1 marks the official start of the annual Taiji dolphin and small whale hunt in Japan, made infamous by the 2009 documentary The Cove. A quota of nearly 2,000 animals has been approved for this season, and Taiji...

Despite an International Court of Justice order to stop whaling, Japan has publicly promised to continue its controversial Antarctic whale hunt. In March the court ordered Japan to end its more than 20-year-old “scientific...

After a ruling by the UN's International Court of Justice temporarily halted Japan's whaling industry in the Antarctic, Japan may consider reducing its catch throughout the region...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) this week declared that Japan's Southern Ocean whale hunt was illegal under international law. After a three week hearing, the court said that Japan's so-called 'scientific' whaling...

Image via Shutterstock Of the ingredients that go into making a great beer, dead whale is probably not the first that comes to mind. Marine mammal conservationists agree, and they have condemned the sale of a "whale-beer"...

In highlighting Shell's reckless drilling plans in the Arctic, green activists are showing what just a handful of people can achieveDoes it all seem too hard? Does it feel like governments and corporations will always get...

Conservationists called on nations to protect cetacean populations as climate change opens up new areas of the ArcticConservationists on Tuesday appealed to countries to urgently address new threats to whales, dolphins and...

Documents show a country under Kevin Rudd pulled in different directions by the US, China and JapanSenior Australian officials privately criticised China for its "lack of ambition" in cutting emissions, floated the idea of...