Philip Hoare's book, The Whale, is an exploration of the role that the great animals have played in human history, from Moby-Dick to lamp oil to the author's own close encounter with a curious ...

The remote Azores archipelago used to be known for its whale hunting. These days, however, it’s better known for whale watching – and is officially one of the most sustainable places on the ...

The remote Azores archipelago used to be known for its whale hunting. These days, however, it’s better known for whale watching – and is officially one of the most sustainable places on the ...

By the nineteenth century, though, whales had become prized as a source of a much more valuable commodity: oil. In 1854, whale oil, extracted from blubber, traded at, in today’s terms, eighteen ...

Edwin Drake was as obsessively single-minded in his hunt for oil as Ahab had been in his quest for the white whale: He was called Crazy Drake, per PBS, after pouring the modern equivalent of more ...

The white whale in the room. No whaling exhibition is complete without mention of Moby-Dick, and Herman Melville’s 1851 tome looms large over the Mystic Seaport Museum’s show—with quotes ...

A Dutchman's hunt for whale oil off Cape Henlopen came to end for lack of "good harpooners." News Sports Entertainment Business Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals. DELAWARE.

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, CNN (CNN) — From dramatic humpback breaches to enthralling dolphin acrobatics, a springtime visit to the Azores is synonymous with incredible sightings of whales and ...