22 March 2016 The testimony of Émilien Pelletier before Quebec's environmental assessment agency (BAPE) last week cast a dark cloud over the whales of the St. Lawrence. In 2015, the shelving of the…
3 February 2016 Since mid-January, 25 sperm whales have been found beached on the British, Dutch and German coasts. The reasons for these strandings are being studied. On January 24, five sperm whales…
11 December 2015 Sablefish fishermen in the Gulf of Alaska face a major competitor to their operations: male sperm whales. The latter come and steal their catch directly from the fishing gear. Fishermen…
14 October 2015 In order to be able to feed in waters over 1,500 m deep where light is absent, the sperm whale is equipped with a long-range echolocation system. It produces unidirectional…
24 August 2015 The International Whaling Commission (IWC) authorizes and regulates so-called aboriginal "subsistence" whaling. It is practised today in Greenland (Denmark), Siberia (Russian Federation), Bequia Island (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) and…
15 April 2015 Are sperm whales still hunted? No, not commercially. Nevertheless, a traditional hunt is still practised by residents of the Indonesian island of Lembata and so-called scientific whaling is conducted in…
