Over 60 pilot whales have been butchered alive in the Faroe Islands' first whale slaughter of the season. The whaling season in the Faroe Islands begins in the summer months and is a tradition that ...

Look, the bottom line is pretty simple, really: If you’re that upset about it, don’t eat whale. What could be simpler? This was the takeaway from what recently became Reason No. 492,484 why ocean ...

The government of the Faroe Islands has set a catch limit of 500 dolphins for the territory's annual whale hunt this year. Situated halfway between Iceland and Scotland in the Atlantic Ocean, the ...

Images of a whale hunt in the Faroe Islands 200 miles north of Scotland have sparked renewed anger from conservationists and animal activists. The pictures show dozens of whales being herded into a ...

Up to 250 pilot whales have been killed as part of an annual hunt in the Faroe Islands, prompting calls from anti-whaling activists for the barbaric practice to be stopped. Images taken by the Sea ...

A British cruise line has apologized to passengers who witnessed the slaughter of 78 pilot whales in the Faroe Islands on Sunday. Ambassador Cruise Line guests arrived to the port in the capital of ...

Several Ambassador Cruise Lines passengers recently witnessed a disturbing sight: Dozens of whales being slaughtered. Over 1,000 of its customers were on one of their ships while it arrived at port in ...

On the isolated North Atlantic archipelago of the Faroe Islands, the longtime hunting practices of the Faroese are threatened by dangerously high mercury levels in the whales, decimated seabird ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...

The government of the Faroe Islands is proposing a catch limit of 500 dolphins for the territory's annual whale hunt this year. The move comes after last year’s pursuit saw more than 1,400 animals ...