The New Bedford Whaling Museum, which sees more than 80,000 visitors a year, is planning to expand its campus with a new ...

Fans are stopping by to watch the artist work on the mural, originally done in 1981 and the first of what would become 103 in ...

The Old Dartmouth Historical Society purchased the property in 2022 for the purpose of expanding the Whaling Museum. The site ...

Sightings of humpback whales cruising the British coast are rising – and causing debate amongst conservationists researching the cause ...

On The Point, we talk with Betsy Tyler about her book A Thousand Leagues of Blue- the true story of a Nantucket whaling ...

Weather reports made by mariners more than two hundred years ago may have relevance for research into climate change today.

From Valentine's Day to great events during the winter break week, a wintry mix of family fun is in the forecast this ...

The Spinoff presents a simplified transcript of the speeches at the treaty signings in Waitangi, Hokianga and Kaitāia.

In our first conversation with Captain Paul Watson, the anti-whaling activist talked through his recent five months in a ...

Wyland originally painted his first Whaling Wall in Laguna Beach in 1981 at age 25, 10 years after he spotted his first gray whale at the same location. (Photo courtesy of Wyland)At the time ...

Old whaling ship logbooks in a local library may offer up new insight into climate change. An unlikely project is unfolding at the Providence Public Library. Local historians and scientists are ...

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the humpback whale population has recovered extensively over the past half a century.