When visiting the New Bedford Whaling Museum in southeastern Massachusetts, you might want to be a little careful standing under their 66-foot-long blue whale skeleton. That’s because these blue whale ...

The minke whale that washed up alive but too ill for rescue on a beach in New Jersey last week was the seventh whale to become stranded on New Jersey beaches this year. Last year, there were twice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rice's whale, also known as the Gulf of Mexico whale. (NOAA Fisheries) It was a whale of an announcement. After years of research, ...

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) disclosed the commencement of oil production from the Whale semi-submersible platform in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The company’s subsidiary, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

You're probably expecting this article to discuss whale oil lubricants in old cars. Really old cars that used tillers and engines that had to be started by hand-spinning a flywheel, and had adorably ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — Those who have stopped by the New Bedford Whaling Museum have more than likely marveled over the 66-foot whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling. Robert Rocha, the museum’s ...

The whaling industry helped drive industrialization in the 19th century, with whale oil used to light lamps and lubricate machinery. Even after petroleum replaced whale oil as an energy source in the ...

Discovered in 2021, the Rice’s whale is now at the center of a fierce political debate over offshore oil and gas production. Hauling a rotting whale across state lines, John Ososky recalled wanting to ...

One of the world’s rarest whales lives in only one place: the Gulf of Mexico, where the Trump administration wants to expand oil and gas drilling that scientists fear could push the giant mammal to ...

Louisiana's oil and gas industry is cheering a move by the Trump administration to roll back protections in the Gulf for the highly endangered Rice’s whale, though wildlife advocates warn it places ...