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: ...

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.

A species of whale, so ancient and elusive that harpoon fragments dating back over a century have been discovered embedded in their bodies, continues to intrigue scientists. The mysterious bowhead ...

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 ...

A Lowcountry man has agreed to plead guilty to federal felony charges of trafficking in sperm whale teeth and bones, ...