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” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With his latest "All Hands: Yankee Whaling and the U.S. Navy," New Bedford Whaling Museum Curator of Maritime History Michael P.

Sounds of laughter ring out during the morning meetings before the docents head out to meet with tourists, school groups and other visitors to the New Bedford Whaling Museum to tell stories of New ...

The overlooked contributions of women in the whaling industry are the subject of an exhibition in the Great Southern region ...

The earliest documentary evidence of organized whaling dates back to the 11th century in the Basque Country. From there, the activity spread rapidly across the ports of the Bay of Biscay, from Galicia ...

A new study shows that old whaling routes and Arctic ice still shape which bowhead whale populations recover today.

-- NEW BEDFORD STREETS ECHO WITH THE TALES OF WHALING SHIPS AND LITERARY LEGENDS. HISTORIC STRUCTURES, OFTEN ADORNED WITH INTRICATE DETAILS AND TIMELESS ELEGANCE, TELL THE STORY OF A CITY AND ITS ...

A special exhibition at The Whaling Museum & Education Center in Cold Spring Harbor showcases the history of Black men and women who were part of Long Island's whaling industry. It's called From Sea ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum will host an event exploring the history and culture of Pico Island, the second largest island in the Azores archipelago. The event will feature a book release, film ...