Oil companies like to point to the demise of the whaling industry as an example of market-based energy solutions. The reality is much more complicated. It’s called a myth for a reason. And the whale ...

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 ...

Rice's whale, also known as the Gulf of Mexico whale. It was a whale of an announcement. After years of research, scientists said they had discovered an entirely new species of whale swimming right ...

On Dec. 20, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held a lease sale to auction off oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmental groups and ...

Much like the whale oil trade at its peak in the mid 1800s, crude oil prices have probably topped. That’s according to Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of Ark Investment Management, who spoke of a coming ...

Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. A friend and I were watching a documentary on blue whales ...

I'm watching "The Story of US" on the history channel, and they mention the Hubble 'runs' on whale oil. I find this completely ridiculous. All I can find on the internet is a post on treehugger.com ...

Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and canyons as well as artificial features like offshore oil and gas platforms, with both acting as migratory "stepping stones," ...

Two years ago, scientists announced they had discovered a new species in the Gulf of Mexico: Rice's whale, which they called one of the rarest whales on the planet. The video above is from a previous ...

It was a whale of an announcement. After years of research, scientists said they had discovered an entirely new species of whale swimming right under their noses in the Gulf of Mexico. Yet as soon as ...