The modern world has been transformed by inventions from the electric motor to penicillin. Is the mass-produced gun the most ...

It is hard to kill a whale. Hand-held harpoon, grenade-tipped harpoon, high-powered rifle, anti-tank gun, electric lance — all have been tried, all are inhumane. Mostly, says journalist Andrew Darby ...

Whaling is not what it used to be in the days of Moby Dick. Stinking old sailing whalers have given way to stinking little steamers. Earringed harpooners have yielded to modern marksmen, who earn as ...

(Updates with Japan, Australia agree to disagree) By Teruaki Ueno TAIJI, Japan, June 12 (Reuters) - When Tameo Ryono first sailed about five decades ago from the remote Japanese village of Taiji to ...

As Iceland’s latest whaling season comes to a close, a heated debate continues over the ethics and sustainability of the country’s policy on these marine mammals. Filmmaker and activist Micah Garen — ...