Researchers in Brazil think they may have discovered the earliest known evidence of whaling. According to a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, harpoons found in museum ...

Whale hunting began far earlier — and much farther south — than scientists previously suspected. Five-thousand-year-old whalebone harpoons and other artifacts along Brazil’s southern coast suggest ...

Humans’ spiritual relationship with whales is as profound as the ocean depths these extraordinary mammals glide through. In the Old Testament, a whale is the instrument of God’s will; many Native ...