The Whaling Museum’s 30th Moby-Dick Marathon kicks off Jan. 2 with a dinner, lecture, and celebration of Melville’s legacy.

Legge, who has gained recognition for his genre-defying approach to music, will lead the evening's performances. The Punk ...

In 2023, Iceland’s government lifted a ban on commercial whaling. The temporary ban had been implemented in June due to ...

AHA! Night in New Bedford takes place Nov. 13. The monthly arts and cultural event will feature pop-up markets, musical ...

Ever since digital communication hit the mainstream there have been odious people using it to try and take advantage of unassuming victims. Hacking, malware, spyware, ransomware — it feels like ...

The actual whalers gave ground just in time to save many of the species they’d been hunting from extinction. Would that their ...

If you watch shows like Animal Planet’s popular Whale Wars, which chronicles the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s battle against Japanese whalers in the Antarctic seas, you might think the world’s ...

The exhibit, "Bristol County: Incarcerated," is scheduled to open Oct. 24 and is a collaboration between the museum and the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office, according to a community announcement. It ...

NEW BEDFORD — The city is preparing for a special weekend as Descendants of Whaling Masters, a non-profit organization, celebrates its 50th anniversary with an event called “A Whale of a Weekend” ...

Two local scholars will speak at the New Bedford Whaling Museum about their new edition of Wilfred Burchett’s account of ...

Japan said Wednesday it is withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission and will resume commercial whaling next year, sparking criticism from activists and anti-whaling countries including ...

The Japanese Fisheries Agency is permitting 227 whales to be caught and killed for commercial purposes in the next six months For the first time in over 30 years, two minke whales were harpooned by ...