Specialized whale-bone harpoons from southern Brazil dating back 5,000 years suggest that Indigenous groups in the area were ...

When researchers from the University of British Columbia set out to film the solitary hunting habits of Northern resident killer whales, they expected to see quiet and solitary predators at work.

The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere ...

Back in 1846, whaling was one of the most booming industries in the whole world. It was the fifth largest sector in the ...

Once dismissed as sticks and forgotten in a museum, the 5,000-year-old tools show prehistoric people hunted whales far from ...

How do you hunt a whale when your boat is made of logs lashed with vines and your harpoon is carved from animal bone?

After revisiting items from a Brazilian museum, researchers think humans may have been hunting whales 5,000 years ago, a ...

Killer whales and dolphins have been found hunting together for the first time. Canadian scientists said the two species had developed a “strategic allegiance” to hunt salmon in deep water. A study in ...

This discovery sheds new light on understanding the lives and hunting practices of ancient people who lived along the coasts ...

Humpback whales aren’t just recovering in numbers. Learning to hunt together may help them survive a warming, unpredictable ...

SEATTLE (AP) — A wildlife photographer out on a whale watching trip in waters off Seattle captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering ...