A South Carolina man pleaded guilty to importing and selling sperm whale teeth and bones, a violation of federal wildlife laws, the Justice Department announced. Lauren H. DeLoach, 69, of Saint ...

As the whale hall at the Natural History Museum undergoes a deep clean and refresh, we take a peek behind the scenes at how our conservators have been cleaning one of the biggest specimens on display: ...

At the center of the case: dozens of shipments containing whale teeth and bones — smuggled into the U.S. from countries like Australia, Latvia, Norway, and Ukraine. Court documents say DeLoach ...

The bowhead whale is the only baleen whale that lives year-round in the Arctic. Two populations are found in Canadian waters: the East Canada-Western Greenland (EC-WG) population, found in ...

There is typically one chance to harpoon the whale. If the hunt is successful, each person in the village can receive a share of the meat. A butchered bowhead whale can yield thousands of pounds ...

Hess focuses on the hunt for the bowhead whale. He shows us how it feels to stand in an open boat bobbing on a frozen sea, waiting to take a harpoon-gun shot at a creature the size of an 18-wheeler.

Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales in the world, reaching 45 tons and living for decades. Their populations were imperiled by historic whaling practices and they are still considered rare ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) In 2020, a time-lapse camera in Canada's Churchill River Estuary unexpectedly captured a group of bowhead whales, marking the first documented sighting in the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A Beaufort County man is facing possibly several years in prison as well as a fine after pleading guilty to illegally importing and selling sperm whale teeth and bones ...