A day before the Whaling Museum began its annual reading of Moby Dick in its entirety, the city’s mayor presented renderings ...

Organizers of the annual Moby Dick reading marathon in New Bedford say they set a new attendance record this past weekend.

The rule would have limited boats as small as 35 feet to 10 knots when North Atlantic right whales were migrating through ...

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In this adventure-drama, a New England whaling crew wages a desperate battle to survive when a giant whale capsizes their ship. Inspired by a true story. Ben Whishaw portrays the role of Moby Dick ...

In whaling’s early years ... lines at some point in their lives — usually lines set for lobster traps in New England — and at least half have been entangled more than once.

in all New England.” New Bedford, near where Melville embarked on his inspirational whaling voyage on Jan. 3, 1841, has never forgotten. The New Bedford Whaling Museum hosts a 25-hour “read-a ...

A GEM OF A FIND THAT WAS A CARPENTER SHOP BACK WHEN WHALING SHIPS WERE BEING BUILT HERE. OUR BUSINESS IS ALL ABOUT LOCAL AND NEW ENGLAND BASED PRODUCTS, SO WE’RE REALLY TRYING TO FIND SMALL ...

The New England Aquarium called the decision a “serious setback for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.

With the Biden administration’s time in office coming to an end, regulators at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...