| 单词 | whale |
| 例句 | Cole spotted the glistening keel-like fins of an orca whale guiding her young calf along the shoreline in search of food. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z They agreed to stop hunting them when whales were listed as an endangered species. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She sang to the spirit of Amaroq in her best English: The seals are scarce and the whales are almost gone. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Hussey, the harbor had a “most appalling stench” from the dead whales moored in the harbor awaiting flensing. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Many, especially the baleen whales, are placid browsers, straining through vast volumes of ocean for the small animals on which they graze; others eat fish and krill. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If things continue at the present pace, it is likely that whales, sharks, tuna and dolphins will follow the diprotodons, ground sloths and mammoths to oblivion. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There are, of course, other ways to account for the songs of whales. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I look down to see that the whale has battered our starboard side, nearly buckling it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “It’s not only him. You are too. But why not? I would be too if I had been there and seen Paul whaling on Rashad.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There had been whales feeding on plankton and he had tried pulling his plankton cone net but with only partial success. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the first one another set of flukes rose, waved, then crashed down and was followed immediately by two more whales that raised their front halves out of the water and fell over. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And before he could breathe again, another whale rose, then another and still another until four of them surrounded the cockpit, moving with the boat in tandem, looking down on David sitting beneath them. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z That they are driving the whales to extinction. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “It was just doing its job! Besides, it was a celestial guard whale shark,” Mini pointed out. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I feel like the whales,” he said softly. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A killer whale surfaced beside the ship, its black sides glistening and its white patches tinged a dirty yellow by algae. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z A gold pin shaped like a whale with a tiny black eye and a spout of rhinestone water coming from its blowhole. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The walrus had all but vanished from the coast; the gray whales were rare, and the seals were few and far between. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Right after June gave her the whale drawing, Ivy and Keeper started writing more and more notes to each other. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The thought shivered him—as if he had almost touched a whale.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Grace followed Maya’s gaze to see that yes, someone had in fact made a whale out of gum wrappers. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Marble mermaids lit the way as Davos climbed, bowls of burning whale oil cradled in their arms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But when a killer whale catches and eats a baby seal, I immediately change it back to the Korean variety show. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “For all I know,” he confided to his press secretary, “our navy was shooting at whales out there.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z An adult blue whale can be thirty meters long and weigh 150 tons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The whale, like all the other animals on the Earth, has a gene library and a brain library. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner hollered, waving his arms and standing up in the boat until it began to rock with the waves the whales made. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It was not natural to him, and his tongue felt like a whale in his mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Rontu and I climbed to the headland and when we passed the house I saw that three of the whale ribs had been cut from the fence. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “It makes you gag. If we could throw something at the whale’s, then it would have to throw us up!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Sapiens can produce many more distinct sounds than green monkeys, but whales and elephants have equally impressive abilities. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The whale’s teeth pressed down on the sphere, causing faint lines to spider across it, but the protective device held, and finally the jaws relaxed. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Floundering on its belly, it was like a vast metallic whale spouting smoke instead of seawater. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “For Emily Dickinson. Maybe this blue whale is my letter to the world.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The Norwegians at the whaling factory crowded Sørlle’s house, asking the manager over and over again to repeat the story Shackleton had told. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He was working solo, whaling on battle dummies with a sword I’d never seen before. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They couldn’t be sure what bay they were looking at, however, and to be sure of hitting the whaling stations, they kept to the east. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He saw herds of humpbacks, breaching grey whales, schools of dolphins leading the ships to port. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The train seemed to plunge downhill now, only to lunge to a stop that shot me out upon a platform feeling like something regurgitated from the belly of a frantic whale. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A team of Cyclopes was placing the domed roof on a new temple, using a blue whale as a crane. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z David opened a can of beef stew and ate the whole can— with his shrunken stomach it filled him to bursting— and still the whales tore the bay apart. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “God, I understand whale anatomy. Can we move on now, Herman?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “I am trying to get this whale of a snapper,” I said in such an ordinary voice that it was dull. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But there were still miles to go before the safety of the whaling station. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Why, any city you entered would swallow you like the whale took Jonah. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It could only be safely approached at Djerholm and Elling, and since security at both harbors was tight, they’d been forced to travel all the way to the northern whaling ports. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She saw no sign of pursuit by whales or otherwise, but Percy, Frank, and Hedge didn’t start to recover until the Atlanta skyline was a hazy smudge in the distance. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z All through the night it swam across the sky, and when dawn came, the whale dove into the sea again to repeat the cycle: through the water by day, through the sky by night. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When she lifted her eyes, they took in my face, then went straight to the whale pin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I whaled on Pa like I was some kind of machine. Hittin’ him in the face, left, right, left, poundin’ him as hard as I could. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The earth melts into red gashes like the mouths of whales. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally the whale rises to the surface, spurts a stream of spray one more time, then rolls over, belly skyward. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “You did what ?” He began whaling away at Aarfy’s shoulders and arms with both fists, almost in tears. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “All right. So here you can see us harpooning the whale. Oh, Jesus—here we go! Feel that tug! It’s awesome. Totally awesome. Okay, this is what they call a ‘Nantucket Sleigh Ride.’ Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And just before the whale sinks beneath the surface its eyes roll from sightless white to shiny black, and I swear it locks its gaze on me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Well, we whale watch for one thing,” Brandy says, bumping my shoulder with hers. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “A whale migrates but it doesn’t have a home.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He waited until the line jerked and twitched in his hand, and then he hauled up the line: two monstrous whales hung from it, the hugest whales that Thor had ever seen. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z In his own way, he began moving around the fire, jumping up and to the side to imitate a whale breaching. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Although the recipients may not know any languages of the Earth, we included greetings in sixty human tongues, as well as the hellos of the humpback whales. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The whale comes only partially out of the water this time, so its wake is less severe than before. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I remember having a huge argument with one of my aunts when I tried to make her believe that a whale was a mammal, not a fish. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The recorded songs of the humpback whale, filled with tensions and resolutions, ambiguities and allusions, incomplete, can be listened to as a part of music, like an isolated section of an orchestra. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z An intelligent being: A humpback whale breaches the surface of the waters, Frederick Sound, Alaska, summer 1979. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not know how long they had been with the whales. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Percy, Coach Hedge, and Frank stumbled out of the glass tunnel and found themselves back in the whale shark room. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z What had been a frigid expanse of whale habitat became a flat stretch of countryside more than a thousand miles wide. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Only if you are willing to carry the boat and me and the two whales I caught all the way to my hall,” said Hymir, exhausted. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z And the great whale swam freely through the ocean and the sky, untroubled by men.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In the dining halls the older gentlemen, who had spoiled their palates with drinking, were relishing those strange delicacies of the Middle Ages—the strong flavours of whale and porpoise. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mami leaned over and lifted a small cast-iron statue from Yoyo's box: an old man sat in a boat looking down at a menacing whale, its jaws hinged open. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Then slowly the whale sank, the water closing quietly along its black and white back. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I watched the peaks and valleys of the big waves, waiting for something large to be revealed in the ups and downs, like a whale or a shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “How am I supposed to know if it’s a girl whale?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Ernie Goad was a pug-nosed, thick-necked kid who had little eyes set practically on the sides of his head, like a whale. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Once while I watched I saw a small object which I took to be the ship, but a stream of water rose from it and I knew that it was a whale spouting. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Pursued by killer whales, which prey upon them when seals are not to be found, the bass had tried to escape by swimming toward shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z We saw a number of whales but none so close up as that first one. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The American biologist Roger Payne has calculated that using the deep ocean sound channel, two whales could communicate with each other at twenty Hertz essentially anywhere in the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sticking up for friends against guys that have used you as a punching bag for months. You whaled on them, didn’t you, Albert? You should get a medal or something.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Ivy kept taking the little whale drawing out of her folder and staring at it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And no pleasanter light was ever designed, although old timers say that whale oil makes a nicer flame. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The seals and penguins might not last, and even if they made it to summer, whaling ships rarely came anywhere near Elephant Island: no one knew to look for them there. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The whale rams us again, and finally the navigator looks around him to see the big picture. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Well, in the wild, killer whales never attack people. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z They ate roast whale meat for dinner that night, in a hall filled with many-headed giants, all of them shouting and happy and most of them drunk. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Feel it. Become a whale and learn what it has to teach you.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Huge, dripping slabs of bloody whale meat meant for dog food hung from the rigging out of reach of the animals. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z In fifth period I found out the fight was all about Noah Randolph getting commanded to take off his armband and he wouldn’t, so a bunch of other boys started whaling on him. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z When Mom was fourteen years old, the Makah Nation hunted a gray whale. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The whale, on a ramming run, dives under the ship instead of ramming it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He hated unnecessary risks and disapproved of such shenanigans, knowing that leopard seals and killer whales could easily surface inside a lead and make a quick meal of the men. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z In the middle of the bay, the glistening back of a whale raked the surface. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z So cold is the ground that huge whales and caribou freeze overnight, preserved for the months to come. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Corso sat at the desk, his legs open wide, straddling the entire thing, as if his crotch was the mouth of a giant whale, and had his arms crossed across his chest. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He said the scent came from dissecting sharks and whales, from cutting away layers of blubber and plunging her hands inside the cavities of marine creatures that were twenty times her size. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Bigger than a whale, meaner than any shark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And a pair of sun-white whale ribs arched over our doorway, a tarnished ship’s bell hanging from their pinnacle. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In the first half of the nineteenth century, owners of whaling ships amassed fortunes from oil and built the still well-preserved Federalist and Greek Revival mansions on upper Main Street. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A wave surges up, dark blue, leaping from the sea like a whale. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Brandy and Tressa arrive to see the enormous fluke of a whale as it dives. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “She has great breasts,” the Colonel said without looking up from the whale. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The whales are recent arrivals in the ocean. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The roof of the embassy was curved, probably to keep the snow off, but it was a bit like walking on the humped back of an enormous whale. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Mr. Underwood inhaled like a whale, drank an enormous slug of cherry wine in her face, swallowed it down, and cursed her all the way to the courthouse square. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He had looked into the eye of a whale. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Dolphins sit there, and gulls, and cormorants, and otter, and whales too, but not clouds.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon Percy had made a makeshift rope harness and strapped it around the whale’s upper body. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z One second, there was nothing, and the next, a huge mouth opened before us, revealing the skeletal remains of whales and sea creatures even larger hanging within its mast-long teeth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Around the men was the familiar pervasive stench of the whaling factory—smelling almost as bad as they did themselves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z On it was a drawing of a little whale. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Ivy thought about teaching June how to draw a whale last night. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I fingered the whale pin on my shoulder, picturing the whole thing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were blue jays, which are very quarrelsome birds, and black-and- white peckers that pecked holes in the yucca stalks and the poles of my roof, even in the whale bones of the fence. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I now own an airplane, Miyax. It’s the only way to hunt today. The seals are scarce and the whales are almost gone; but sportsmen can still hunt from planes.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In that moment, the thresher rears up its tail and lands a tremendous blow on the whale’s snout. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The whale was enormous, rising so that its front half was totally clear of the water, towering over him, looking down on him, studying him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked down to see what had grabbed his attention and realized he was staring at the whale pin on my shirt. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A typical whale song lasts for perhaps fifteen minutes; the longest, about an hour. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like that little whale had opened up all these things they wanted to say to each other. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The Mud People had greased the hinges with whale blubber. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z When the part came on with me and Derek up on the roof and she saw the whale guy she stopped the tape and played it back a couple of times. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally a group of whales will leave their winter waters in the midst of a song and six months later return to continue at precisely the right note, as if there had been no interruption. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a picture on the cover which showed a killer whale attacking a dolphin. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z June had colored it an azure blue, and there was a red heart in its middle, taking up half of the whale’s body. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Everything dies, all around, trees, plankton, lichens, mice, whales, flies, mitochondria. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The whales stayed with him well into the morning, nearly to midday, but he did not feel them as a threat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He had floated in the ocean with whales. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A whale or a human being needs something like five billion bits. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The First words of my father’s novel are these: My dear child: When these immigrants arrive, they do not come as passengers carried in the bellies of mechanical whales. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z During this period the whales evolved their extraordinary audio communication system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen it in the eye of the whale. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Dragged behind a whale trying as hard as it can to get away from the human beings that hunted it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I was glad Sookie didn’t mention whales, but then he said, “Sharks.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I’m David Alspeth,” he said aloud, directing his words to the whale nearest on the left. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Dubicki was a sleepwalker and her parents worried she had wretchedly stepped overboard one night and been eaten by sharks or swallowed by a whale. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Maybe this was why the other kid that they’d found in here had been as big as a whale, he was swole up from all the hornet stings! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I hate fish, but I could eat a whale right now. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Placing it and her fur pants in a bag made of whale bladder, she tied it securely so that no moisture would dampen her clothes while she slept. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Janice Avery had given him nothing but trouble, and now he was feeling responsible for her—like one of the Burkes’ timber wolves or beached whales. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “The killer whale took us as far as the Columbia River. Then he passed the harness to a couple of twelve-foot sturgeons.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The other whales did the same, their huge dorsal fins flopping over to the side, curving up out of the water as they swam next to the Frog, almost in formation with her. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not be sure of the kind of whale because he didn’t know enough to identify them, but he thought they might be blues, and they literally almost filled the bay. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the men were morbidly convinced that a killer whale would crash upward through their dwindling floe, tossing them all into the water and picking them off one by one. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “They look like giant wood lice. They eat carcasses of big fish and whales.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “How could I be better for any of this?” he asked, horrified at how distorted and liquid his words sounded, as if he were speaking through the blowhole of a whale. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “For all I know, our Navy was shooting at whales out there,” he later confided in an aide. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One scientist believes they might someday starve whales to extinction. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I was more excited about the whale watch before I found out Tressa was coming. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “No, an actual blue whale, the largest mammal on the planet.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Whaling first brought people to South Georgia Island, and it was to a whaling station that Endurance headed as its final stop before challenging the Antarctic. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z There were four of them, and they were having a whale of a good time as they helped each other set up their cots. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For most of their history, the whales may have established a global communications network. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We headed northwest, up towards the shallows of James Bay where the whales used to migrate before they packed up and headed down to Australia for good. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “You have until tomorrow to tell me the truth. Tomorrow, if you don’t tell me who helped you, I’ll give you a whaling you’ll never forget!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But the whale kept a space of dark water between them, and they did not touch. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z So another method was perfected by evolution; it works superbly well and is central to any understanding of the whales: the sense of sound. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because they fought back when whalers harpooned them. Right in these very waters, actually. Back in the 1800s. Now, the other types of whales? Well, they’d die pretty conveniently once the harpooner stuck ’em. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He brought out a killer whale in one fist. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Kapugen’s huge, black, frostbitten hand seemed small as it touched the great body of the whale. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched Thiazi, in giant form, lumber out of his keep and walk across the shingle to a rowing boat bigger than the largest whale. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z It is, as much as the sounds of any baleen whale, a love song cast upon the vastness of the deep. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In this bizarre getup, Hudson made a grand entrance into a party at the whaling station, only to find himself the sole person in costume. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Any message we receive from them is likely to begin "Dear Sire," and congratulate us on the handsomeness of our horses and our mastery of whale oil. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There is no whale to digest you here. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The hunting of whales is a heinous crime. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He wore a green Nature Conservancy T-shirt with pictures of endangered whales and tigers and stuff. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Out of sight on the other side of the whale, she could hear the old men as they cheered this gift from the sea. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z This thing we were riding wasn’t a monster or a wreck or a whale— “It’s a U-boat!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The second mate had fought the idea like a harpooned whale, but he had had to learn, in self-defense. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "Who are you? God asked. Were you there when I created de great whale?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Derek kept running his mouth about the whale dude and I shot some more tape. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She wrote words on the board: gaggle of geese, bee swarm, whale pod, wolf pack, and murder of crows. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “Oh, but instead of a cat, let’s do a whale!” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As for the dogs, they could chase penguins and run wild without going too far—on all sides was the frigid sea, where killer whales cruised in search of a meal. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The four of us stand together, watching and waiting for the whale to show itself again. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “She will return it to the sea and the whales,” he said. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Plastic flowers were planted around the edge, and a weather vane topped by a spouting whale stood in the center. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Alone here in the bay the whales are for me. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Aru dramatically flipped her hair over her shoulder, which was a bad idea, because it was still damp from whale spit and ended up smacking her in the eye. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But one day, even his tattoos would rot away—the images of horned whales, beautiful women, disappearing islands—and nothing would be left of him but the whispered legends of things he’d done. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Many of the socks I’d brought were the wrong color—pink, white, or covered with whales. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When the narrator abruptly cut to footage of whale sharks in Saudi Arabia, far away from Mom’s ocean, Dad said, “Play it again.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There were figures of pelicans floating in the water and flying, of dolphins, whales, sea elephants, gulls, ravens, dogs, and foxes. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who weren’t rowing ducked their heads down against the spray and the bird droppings, and kept a wary eye out for killer whales. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The tunnel spiraled gently downward, the ceiling supported by white stone arches that reminded Frank of a whale’s rib cage. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Out in the bay, I almost touched a whale, thought Turner. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But slowly the whale did stop rocking, and the seas calmed, and the rhythm of the swells took hold again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Garvey nodded and said, “The whale is also smart and powerful. That is what I learned from my dance.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I could not get through the opening under the fence, so I cut the bindings and lifted out two of the whale ribs and thus took him into the house. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The dream that woke me, wondering anew about my name, was full of stars and whales blowing and the lyrics of the sea. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z But the sperm whale...it crashed boats into toothpicks. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The captain orders the master-at-arms to fire the cannon, but the whale submerges too quickly to be fired upon. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He felt more than saw the size of the whales, and the deep knowing within them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Everything a whale needs to be happy,” said another, pretending to gag. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A whale must have surfaced right next to the Frog and blown on him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He was holding up the grappling-hook weapon as if he were a seaman about to harpoon a whale. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “No, stupid. We’re trying to save the whales. They might become extinct.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z This shifting front of rich ocean, about twenty-five miles wide, is the most fertile ecosystem in the world, supporting awesome numbers of fish, seabirds, seals, and whales. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She wanted to draw June a picture of a blue whale with a big red heart in its middle. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Unlike in the forest or the Otherworld Costco—or even the whale shark—there weren’t any signs here. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They’ll feel how I do when I think about how the oceans are changing in all the worst ways, and how jellyfish will starve even whales. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Among the whales, mothers suckle and care tenderly for their offspring. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Without the hired lamplighters, most of the city’s 662 whale oil streetlamps remained unlit, the surrounding areas cast into a gloomy darkness. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z On that very same night, Turner had almost touched a whale. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A whale looks like a big fish; Obama has been the subject of rumors about his religion; Nabokov was denied the Nobel Prize in Literature that many critics thought he deserved. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She’d take it out past West Point, past Hermit, past Bald Head, and drift until she was alone with the whales in the open water. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Right below the whale’s tail were some words penned in June’s neat handwriting. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I gasped inside and Dri gasped out loud when we dared to look at it: a whale, a hundred footer. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, the ice beneath the tents quivered as whales rubbed up against it from below. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Arion jumped over a breaching humpback whale and kept galloping, startling a pack of seals off an iceberg. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z If I went swimming with her I'd look like a beluga whale next to a mermaid. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Immediately, the Sitka came alongside Endurance and, with a whale carcass acting as a bumper between the two vessels in the heavy waves, piloted the ship into Grytviken. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “There used to be whales. Once this whole area was covered by water.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be nice to know how different other intelligences can be; so we study the whales and the great apes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not tell if the waves were drifting him closer to the whales or if the whales were swimming closer to him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z We do not know what whales or their cousins the dolphins have to talk or sing about. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A whale passed, long dark shadow two miles out. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother said, “Maybe because ‘we’ have been strutting around on a whaling boat, eyeing up the V.P of Sales.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z David knew that sometimes dolphins would run ahead of a boat, stay just beneath the bow, and play with the boat as it sailed and he felt the killer whales were playing with him now. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She promised me that we won't sell anything that was in the Strong Shoulder jar, and she gave me my mother’s whale ring to keep. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z In the darkness at the edge of the floe, killer whales spouted gustily. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Salpeter and I imagined floaters kilometers across, enormously larger than the greatest whale that ever was, beings the size of cities. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Age of first filibuster: nine, at SeaWorld San Antonio, trying to force an orca wrangler into early retirement for, quote, ‘inhumane whale practices.’” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But it would be like trying to explain to a whale what it’s like to live in the forest. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “You see? Forget the whale sharks! And there’s much more.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was almost dark, and Matthias had begun to feel the stirrings of real panic when they finally spotted the first of the whaling camps. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Do you know the story of the great whale?” the Second asked. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Because you kind of remind me of that great big, fat, white whale.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end these two fishes brought the whale to her end. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The primary danger to the whales is a newcomer, an upstart animal, only recently, through technology, become competent in the oceans, a creature that calls itself human. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A whaling boat was spotted in the fog, and Endurance gave two blasts of its whistle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z With his hand still on the whale and the whale’s eye on him, he wept. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He thought of the legends Papa and the men used to tell, about giant squid and whales that swallowed ships. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z In another room was an even longer table on which figurines depicted the princess traveling on a ship past familiar locations, accompanied by whales, dolphins, and sea monsters. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Colin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could stay rich. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z There were whaling villages along the shore, and no one was eager to be spotted. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Could they all be extinct, like the whales? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Whilest we remained at this island we saw a whale chased by a thresher and a swordfish; they fought for the space of two hours. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Even though he was as hungry and thirsty as he had been before the whales, he was not at all as tired. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It galloped with jaws wide open, as if to collect us between its teeth the way a whale feeds on plankton. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Elephants are big but at the cost of quite thick legs, while whales are relatively immune because they’re submerged in water. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The other ring has a whale that wraps around your finger. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z There are humans who hunt and slaughter whales and market the products for lipstick or industrial lubricant. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he whaled the tar out of every one of them. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But we seek the dominant intelligences, the grandest creatures on the planet, the sentient and graceful masters of the deep ocean, the great whales. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The scientist on board tells us that the fluke, or tail, of a whale is like a person’s fingerprint. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The whale was a mountain so high she could not see the cliffs beyond, only the sunlit clouds. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Tardy as usual, Hippolytos. I hope your news is worth the wait. King Porphyrion should be . The ground between them split. An even larger giant leaped from the earth like a breaching whale. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And the eyes of whales would fill Turner’s dreams. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Hell, back in the day, we would be whaling on each other a dozen times a week. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Once in a while, my mother's canasta friends, who declared they hated pennies in their purses, disposed of them gladly in the whale's mouth or the canopy of cloud. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But it doesn’t have to end up with rhinoceroses and human beings and whales. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Not the treehouse ones, but other stuff—mermaids and whales and girls’ faces. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Turner wished with a desire greater than anything he had ever desired that he might understand what it was in the eye of the whale that shivered his soul. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “If you had to be in a tank of water with a killer whale or a stonefish, which would you choose?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z At the same time, he kept a lookout for killer whales, which nosed up through cracks in the ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The day hasn’t been what I hoped, although the whales were great. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Them Nantucket whalers thought it was more fun than Disneyland, getting a fast ride from a whale. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Every day, the whale would swim across the oceans and rise up out of the sea at sunset, making a great leap into the sky with drops of water still clinging to its skin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They even got swallowed by a whale at the end, the puppet and his father. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Maybe I got this thing for Janice like you got this thing for killer whales.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The whale oil lamps stayed on nearly the whole day in the factory, so water buckets were kept filled on every floor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Back at the whaling station, Shackleton was busy organizing a ship to set out for Elephant Island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z June had been so happy, and it was such a simple thing, those little cartoon whales. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A blue whale’s heart beats six times a minute. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z You think of Jonah, who, after enduring being partially digested by the whale, burst into tears on a mountaintop when the gourd vine protecting him from the sun was devoured by a worm and died. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Have you ever seen a red whale?” he asked. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He even stuffed the macrobiotic jerky in his coat pocket, in case he needed to threaten any more killer whales. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was just people and old ships and the whales, and the whales’ lamination, which he said was a non-organic covering that made it possible for them to live in the sea. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Thor sat at the table beside Tyr and picked up a lump of charred whale meat and chewed it resentfully. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Killer whales cruised the open leads, blowing spouts of icy spray. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I believe it was a whale looking for a mate. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Of whales and of Malaga I sing,” he said. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Where else are you going to find whales? Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Granddaddy murmured to me, “Do you realize what this means, Calpurnia? The days of whale oil and coal dust are over. The old century is dying, even as we watch. Remember this day.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The next morning I showed up in the kitchen with the whale pin fastened to my favorite blue top. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was their first whaling voyage in seventy years. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The guide started talking about whaling as everyone poured off the bus to gaze at the lighthouse. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The knowledge in his father’s eyes and in the whales’ eyes. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But he didn’t put his hand out yet, because as he watched, a whale five times as long as the dory surfaced, and rode quietly alongside him in the smooth swells. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Why doesn’t the world just open its jaws like a whale and swallow this brazenness in one gulp? is the question I’d pose to Father these days. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw sharks' teeth and whales' earbones littered about down there like gravestones. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z My dad says in the old days men going after whales in small boats sometimes got what they call a Nantucket sleigh ride. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She used to own a building big as a whale, but her brother sold it. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z For 99.99 percent of the history of the whales, there were no humans in or on the deep oceans. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d spent long days slogging through the snow, freezing nights in whatever rudimentary shelter they could assemble or in the deserted huts of whaling camps when they were lucky enough to come across them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Owen Chase, whose account of the sinking of the whaling ship Essex by a whale inspired Herman Melville, survived eighty-three days at sea with two mates, interrupted by a one-week stay on an inhospitable island. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z At dawn, when the sparkling black whale dove back into the sea, the whaleman released his harpoons. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Below them two whaling ships were as tiny as insects. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He lay like a beached whale on the narrow hotel bed and wondered idly if it had indeed been Velutha that Rahel saw. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s over. De Bums are through. Back in Yankee territory, they got as much chance as a guppie swallowing a whale.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z And if, in daylight, we improve our resolution so we can make out things that are a meter across, then we begin to detect for the first time individual organisms—whales, cows, flamingos, people. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This time there were pictures of a cow, a whale, a camel, and an elephant. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He reached over and took the whale book from her hands, pretending to study the bloody picture on the jacket. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z After all the other drawings that she’d lost, Ivy didn’t think she could take losing June’s whale too. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Ai—” Bud doubled over, sneezing like a whale clearing its blowhole, and some urine finally popped out willy-nilly in the process. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They had a few miles of frozen marsh to cross, and then they were within sight of the whaling station. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z And the whales kept up the activity until well after dark. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When a cowboy brought out an iron pipe instead of that old stick and started whaling away, the horse got a wild look in his eyes. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought whale sharks were supposed to be friendly. And not have teeth!” said Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Delsie! My mom is taking us on a whale watch for my birthday on Friday. You can come, right?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Once they were safely out of the creature’s mouth, they followed the stone path that wound around the cave that wasn’t a cave at all but a gigantic whale thing. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Oh, look, they made a whale out of gum wrappers! Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “It’s a type of whale—the biggest fish in the sea,” Captain Smith says. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z So he found the stars that formed the shape of the whale, inhaled the deep scent of earth that surrounded him, and began, his voice falling easily into the cadence of the old stories. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We had a large garbage can, a blue whale of a bin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The whale writhes, its fluke beating powerfully against the air as it leaves the water, revealing how completely the squid’s tentacles envelop it, squeezing the whale with life-crushing force. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Apparently that wasn’t what he wanted, because he threw the whale back and kept wading. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z You got to be dragged by the whale until it gets tired. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had breathed far less than was good for him under the heavy whale bones. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The seals are scarce and the whales are almost gone,” she heard Kapugen say. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Unless you let me whale on them first. Besides, it’s not all bad news.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He had rolled in a wave trough with a whale. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Instead, the tongue sloped down into the whale’s throat. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The top of the climb brought several hundred yards of bare, gently sloping granite, like walking along a whale’s back. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He read the whole thing in ten sittings in his booth at Day’s and began pondering the whale’s nature at an early juncture. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The blue whale has the largest heart, weighing more than a thousand pounds, the size of an average dairy cow. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Cole and Garvey looked at each other but agreed to take a long hike outside the bay to look for whales. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The answer is that negation is easy to understand when the proposition being negated is plausible or tempting.23 Compare the negations in these two columns: A whale is not a fish. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Still, she smiled through the whole process, like drawing a simple whale was the best thing that ever happened to her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Maybe the whales decided to wait there until the rains came and the gulf filled up again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z On this occasion he had sailed to Maine with two ships, intending to hunt whales. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There ought to be a way of making the whale shimmering white against the dark water. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Dad would rub imaginary spray out of his eyes, and scan the horizon for possible sperm whale, Flying Dutchmen, or floating ambergris. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The biggest event Suffolk had seen in years was a traveling sideshow that came through town on the railroad tracks, with a stiffed whale in a boxcar. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z With wind he could move with the whales, with wind everything was possible. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And I dreamed again about the sea and whales nearby and a dark, rocking world full of stars. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It would be so easy— He came out of the oil like a whale surfacing, oil sheeting off his face. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I sensed from a slight change in the glint of the whale’s eye that it was now looking at Richard Parker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter, because even with my eyes wide open I couldn’t have seen a whale three inches in front of my nose—not in that murky basin in the dead of night. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z As always, the air was filled with the smell of rotting whale carcasses and the sound of elephant seals bellowing and belching on the beach. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Before we begin organizing sanctuaries and reservations for our software selves, lest we vanish like the whales, here is a thought to relax with. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z None of them wanted to go; Neah Bay was their home, Mom was starting to learn the Makah language, and the whale hunt had brought the tribal community together. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “This beach was one of our settlements for whaling expeditions. And there were a lot of families here. A lot of lives were lost.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Those ancestors of the whales who relied on these senses to locate a mate or a baby or a predator did not leave many offspring. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Nereus spun and expanded, turning into a killer whale, but I grabbed his dorsal fin as he burst out of the water. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Anything you want. If you see a whale, carve a whale. If you see a Spirit Bear, you can carve a bear. I’ve learned from every animal I’ve carved.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A hamburger and a malt, a cold malt and fries—two hamburgers and two malts and fries— and he would sit and eat and tell everybody about the storm and the killer whales. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He forced his mind back to the whales. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But we are all of us—us whales, us apes, us people—too closely related. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some whale sounds are called songs, but we are still ignorant of their true nature and meaning. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Before them stretched the wide basin that had once been full of living water and was now filled with dead whales.The bones stuck up like a gigantic bowl of thorns. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You want to ride out on whale vomit?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He bent at the waist and moved with jerky motions, trying to pretend he was gliding through water the way whales in the bay had. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z As the whale slows, the thresher deals more slamming blows and the swordfish cuts again and again. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “And I have no desire to go back there. Ever. Full of whale stink. Everything too fast. Too crowded.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z So that was where Opium’s water came from, Matt realized— a river so polluted that it could kill a whale. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had looked into the eye of a whale. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Okay, we’re in a body. Most likely—given the fish breath—it’s some kind of giant demonic whale. So. Let’s think about anatomy and stuff.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The horse sped north across Puget Sound, zooming past islands and fishing boats and very surprised pods of whales. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z My heart’s bigger than a blue whale’s, which needs its own parking spot. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z There, a huge whale swam through deep blue water. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A bluefin tuna ain’t a whale, but still it’s way bigger than me, and a million times stronger, pound for pound. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Matt was especially tired this night after the walk to the whale pit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Humpbacks and killer whales spouted in the distance, and the water was dotted with ice floes on which fat, blinking seals basked in the sun. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z After a time of silence, Edwin said, “The whale is graceful and gentle. Tonight, I learned those things.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “The only whale sharks in captivity in the world,” he mused. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “So over here is the cold-water experience, with your penguins and beluga whales and whatnot. And over there...well, those are some fish, obviously.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For a whale to live there are many things it must know how to do. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If they took to the sea again, they faced another perilous journey 130 miles around the tip of South Georgia to the whaling stations. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Beached whales, porpoises caught in fishing nets, mermaids with hangnails— they’d call me to come underwater and help. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Little they cared how wet I got, because then Mother could have a whale of a time being afraid I was taking pneumonia. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Your whales, he thought, even Your whales are bigger than my boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We sail in silence waiting...waiting—then suddenly the whale, wrapped by the clinging body of the squid, does a full breach, barely fifty yards to starboard. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z What could have lured all those whales to their death? thought Matt as they trudged along the line of shrimp tanks. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The whaling stations on the island were all on the northeast coast. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Fidelito chirped and warbled about rotting whales all the way back to the factory. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They hadn’t gotten this far just to be killed by whale halitosis. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Only it didn’t fill up and the whales had lost their legs, so they couldn’t walk home anymore. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And so Turner reached the whale’s eye, and they looked at each other. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Leo had a terrifying image of his Aunt Rosa and some old Chinese woman in wrestlers’ outfits, whaling on each other with spiked clubs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was gawking at two sea serpents—thirty-foot-long monsters with glowing blue scales and jaws that could have bitten a whale shark in half. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then Volkheimer urges him back and climbs halfway up the ruined staircase and begins whaling away at the edges of the hole with a piece of rebar. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Gradually he moved faster, trying to imagine a whale migrating thousands of miles, being led by instinct. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z If I had pinned my coat, my mother would have whaled me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The foxes came when I was cooking my food and stood outside gazing through the cracks, and the wild dogs also came, gnawing at the whale ribs, growling because they could not get in. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivy would rather go back to the library and teach June how to draw another whale. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The two whales that Hymir had caught earlier, at the prow of the boat, made the rowing harder than it normally would have been. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z But though the dory rocked back and forth with the swell of them, the whales never came so close that the boat might capsize. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z After they got some more paper and borrowed another pencil, they stretched out on their stomachs, hip to hip, and June Somerset learned how to draw a blue whale. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then a massive shape about the size of a blue whale swam over the light source, creating a huge, dark shadow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we take our looks; we still share genes around, and the resemblance of the enzymes of grasses to those of whales is a family resemblance. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The whale surfaces and spurts out a spray of air and water. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The moon had already set, but no light flickered in the whale oil lamps that lined High Street. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I could barely hear it over the cries on the ship, and the smashing of waves against the carcass of the whale. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “That was the coastline. Through the years the water flowing from the Colorado River got so polluted, the whales died.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If the killer whale were called the friendly whale, no one would be scared.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Amid the same clinking and laughter, a new story began about a child named Billy Marvel, on an American whaling ship. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Edwin curled his arms over his head imitating a whale’s head and began to pace around the fire, dipping his head up and down as if breaking through the waves. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z We have cut the whales off from themselves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the whale that blew on him had a cold. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Only thing them Chinese folks in that movie et was whales and seals. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “But they will eat whales or small boats, too.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Many years before, two whales had washed up on the sandspit. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to name her Emily,” June said, beaming down at her freshly drawn blue whale. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Thor was carrying them on his back: boat, oars, Hymir, and whales, carrying them along the shingle at the edge of the sea. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Behind them glittered the astounding ocean with its heaving storms, flying fish, breaching whales, and curls of phosphorescent waves. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Just as the captain said, the whale doesn’t see us. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Willis,” said Turner, and he told him about the whales. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z All this came in a kind of singing along the invisible cord, a singing such as whales do, crying out to one another in the deep. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The rotted corpses of fish and of whales, of seals and sea monsters, will wash in the waves. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z And we have done worse than that, because there persists to this day a traffic in the dead bodies of whales. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But it would have been more likely for a whale to blunder its way down Parker Head unnoticed than for this decision to be held secret until Sunday. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She wanted to make June smile like she had when they’d first drawn whales in the school library. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z High on the side the whale’s right eye stared at him, rotating, taking in everything in the cockpit. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z If, on the other hand, these new methods result in the disappearance of species, such as whales, then that is bad. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Now and again, in the intervals between songs, the whales have been seen to breach, leaping clear out of the sea and landing on their backs, awash in the turbulence of their beating flippers. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Today the island’s elite is diversified enough to support a synagogue where membership has reached 250 families and where the yarmulke worn during services is Nantucket red and decorated with miniature whales. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z George Pocock, meanwhile, began applying a coat of sperm whale oil to the underside of the Husky Clipper. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tons of whale meat, bone, and scrap blubber lay rotting around the station. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The Yank said it was a whale of a landing, which he meant as a compliment. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “You would. Big white whale is a metaphor for everything. You live for pretentious metaphors.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Indeed, the incredible diversity of living creatures from bacteria to the great blue whale is largely due to this capacity of carbon. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I made a valiant effort to win a stuffed whale by pitching a ball at a pyramid of bottles, but never managed to knock down more than two. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And he touched the cool, wet, perfect smoothness of whale. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A killer whale surfaced next to the boat, and Percy struck up a mental conversation with him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When he pulled the lever, the sailor turned and the coin rolled into the whale's mouth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They will come to the deep blue, where the whales sing their sad songs and starving sharks swim for miles in search of prey. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There’s a video online of Joe disentangling a right whale in 2016, in which you can see the sheer physicality of the act, and its emotional weight. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Chad McQueen was having breakfast Saturday in this coastal French town, talking about his father and the actor’s cinematic white whale. Cannes 2015: For Steve McQueen, a posthumous French return 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Already, it is becoming to “de-extinction” what the humpback whale was to marine conservation four decades ago — a charismatic mascot. When Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z In these pages we forget that the right whale got its name because it was the right whale to kill. Picture Books for the Wild at Heart 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z “She’s the great white whale,” said Miles Diggs, a paparazzo, as he and his partner hunted celebrities in Soho on a recent afternoon in a Chevy Suburban equipped with cameras and a laptop. In New York, searching for the reclusive and elusive Melania Trump 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Down the hall in paleontology, they’d pass huge stacks of bones, people scrutinizing 30-million-year-old shells, visiting scientists from Germany looking at dolphin and whale fossils. The Burke Museum turns itself inside out as it prepares for its grand opening 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z She's here with "Rust and Bone," an unlikely love story from Jacques Audiard, in which she plays a whale trainer who must find her way back to a real life after a terrible accident. A movie-star day at TIFF 2012-09-07T22:30:07Z American literature contains a surprising amount of cannibals: To read Herman Melville is to believe that life’s main struggles will come in the form of elusive whales and meeting people who want to eat you. Perspective | I am a former cannibalism scholar, and I finally watched ‘Dahmer’ 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z She continued, "It was such an innocent interaction, I felt so lucky to see it. To think Sailor is probably the only dog in the world to have kissed a whale shark is pretty special." Dog kisses shark during boat trip off the coast of Australia 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z After waking days later, he said he remembered nothing but sliding through the whale’s throat, and that the throat quivered when he touched it on his way down. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z So there’s no mimeographed white whale out there? Forsaking the Punk Clubs of His Youth for a Well-Stocked Library 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Jaffa’s resurrection began in 2007, when the Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality renovated its ancient port — said to be where Jonah set out to meet his whale — and brought in restaurants, businesses and a food hall. Jaffa Is Tel Aviv’s Unexpected Luxury Hotspot 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z “The whales are moving around a lot more, and they are not finding food,” he told a gathering of Maine fishermen in March. This species of whale was close to disappearing a century ago. They’re fading once again. 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The captain slows the boat and suddenly a gray whale breaches in front of us all, to a chorus of “woohoos.” Cruising California’s coast on the tall ship Lady Washington 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Its enthusiasts claim that the fishing in and around Plaquemines is the best anywhere — tuna, dolphin, wahoo, whale shark and marlin in the deep blue seas; redfish, flounder and speckled trout closer in. At the Mouth of the Mississippi, a Weird and Fragile Beauty 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z But the population is falling again because not many babies are being born and many whales are dying from ship strikes and entanglement. This species of whale was close to disappearing a century ago. They’re fading once again. 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The Chicago-forged D.C. artist uses clean colors and delicate lines to depict a whale, a pelican, a snail and some rabbits, which enter the scenes in a gently uncanny manner. In the galleries: A celebration of language from antiquity He said, "I get what's happening. All they want is to see us, like, riding whales, talking to trees." "No more 'Indian in the Cupboard'": "Reservation Dogs" is the new direction of Native storytelling 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Grenier and Zeman hope they will find the ‘lonely whale’ but even if they don’t they will come back with a documentary about the search and the lives of whales. Adrian Grenier Says His Quest for the Lonely Whale is 'a Lot Like Moby Dick' 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Your sharp fingerbones or splintery skull would rub on the whale’s intestinal lining, and your remains would scrape up the most beautiful smell on earth. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z This natural history of whales and their 50-million-year evolution also offers a vivid inside look at scientific passion in action. New in Paperback: ‘Spying on Whales,’ ‘And Then We Danced’ 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z What everyone I talked to agreed on though, is that the United States government isn’t doing enough, even as the Canadians impose limits on whale watching in their waters. Loneliness and Its Antidote on Orcas Island 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z “I’m really opposed to commercial whaling; seeing whales close is so exciting.” In Japan, the business of watching whales is far larger than... 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z We spent a week strolling along the beach, watching whales, picking berries and hiking among California’s towering redwoods. AWAY IS HOME | Bad start to the trip? Don’t turn back 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z From there, travelers cruise the South Shetland Islands and west coast of Antarctica to spot penguins, whales and other marine wildlife. New Cruise Ships to Set Sail for Antarctica 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Then the magnificent whale bursts off the screen and floats over the heads of the gobsmacked onlookers. Two Ways to Bring Shakespeare Into the Twenty-First Century 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Similar conservation activities abound, such as protecting turtle hatchlings, helping scientists collect research data on whale sharks or restoring historic Hawaiian fish ponds. Why traveling to a ‘blue space’ is the stress reliever you need right now 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The American Museum of Natural History raised about $3 million at its annual fall gala on Nov. 18, with 450 guests dining under the big blue whale in the Hall of Ocean Life. Foo Fighters Perform Under a Blue Whale 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z In the gallery titled “From Pursuit to Preservation” is the skeleton of a 48-foot male sperm whale that washed ashore in Nantucket in 2002. On the trail of ‘Moby-Dick’ in three New England towns 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z On Sunday, at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, the temperature was toasty and there was no interfering noise, and the hundreds of nonfiction pages about the minutiae of the nineteen-century whaling industry were past. Running the “Moby-Dick” Marathon 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z The Japanese government allows a hunt of about 20,000 dolphins a year, and it argues that killing them - and also whales - is no different from raising cows or pigs for slaughter. Threats keep dolphin protest out of Japan village 2010-09-01T14:22:00Z The result, according to lore, was that the Basque fishermen and whale hunters were the healthiest and most renowned on the sea, fishing far from their home waters. In Spanish Basque Country, Sampling Cider and an Ancient Ritual 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z I suspect that the whale herself deserves much of the credit for health, too: Many who come into contact with her come away impressed with her immense internal strength and patience. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z On the final morning of a weeklong fly-fishing adventure to Patagonia last December, I finally found my white whale. Angling for a Whopper in the Fly-Fishing Paradise of Patagonia 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Facing the harbor, the comprehensive Husavik Whale Museum exhibits many of the species that sailors may see, including an 82-foot-long blue whale skeleton. Driving Iceland’s Overlooked North 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The other end of the whale, the flukes, were drawn and redrawn, telling me the artist wanted to get this part of the whale just right. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z The population has never fully recovered; nearly a whole generation of reproduction was represented in the whales captured and killed. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z Opinions are split on the possible environmental damage of whale watching tours, but there’s no doubt that some of the Pacific Northwest’s orcas are in serious trouble. Loneliness and Its Antidote on Orcas Island 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Parker cautions against Joseph’s inclination to dismiss anecdotal accounts of whales, sea turtles, and seabirds turning up dead, bellies bulging with plastic bags. Can plastic bags save the planet? 2012-09-13T20:03:00Z At times, there was so much analyzing of symbolic whales that I felt bereft of actual ones. Staring Into the Eye of a Whale and Seeing the Whole World 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z It was almost hormonal, the urgency with which we were drawn to a place where you essentially beach yourself like a lost whale. How Doing Nothing Became the Ultimate Family Vacation 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Those fighting for the whales are asking for new safeguards in the United States and Canada. This species of whale was close to disappearing a century ago. They’re fading once again. 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Jonah’s story came first, and then there were rumors from the 19th century Yankee Whale Fishery — whaling ships leaving New York and New England ports for years on the open ocean. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z And she considers language beyond words in humans and other species — whales sing, squirrels scream, cranes dance. 'When Women Were Birds': Grappling with a mother's parting gift 2012-04-11T22:26:06Z Jay says that it might be a whale. Sunfish vs. Pizza Rat: The Week in Memes 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z For her autodidact husband, Frank, Molly's cure seems to be the latest in a series of wild enthusiasms that include bees, whales and Iranian goats. Molly Sweeney – review 2013-04-03T17:44:56Z A terrific little museum, housed inside the replica of Lisbon’s Belem Tower on the waterfront, tracing the island’s maritime history and whaling. Cape Verde gets its moment in the sun 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The group, based in Friday Harbor, Wash., has a history of waging aggressive campaigns to protect whales, dolphins and other marine animals. Sea Shepherd appeals to German gov't over arrest 2012-05-15T15:50:28Z A study of 90 cetacean species published Monday found that those with larger brains exhibit more complex social structures and behaviors, with the killer whale and the sperm whale leading the way. Among brainy sea creatures, killer whales are some of the smartest 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Beyond that, whale meat is considered an Alaska Native soul food. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z After decades of campaigning, animal rights activists hope U.S. officials will include the orca on a list of endangered whales that frequent the waters where she was captured, off Washington state. After 44 years, Miami orca may edge closer to freedom 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z And yet she still doesn’t feel like she’s the best spokeswoman for whales. ‘Blackfish’s’ director finds it hard to move on 2014-03-20T17:38:26Z Right whales were close to disappearing a century ago. Baby orcas, new law provide small hope for future of nearly extinct mammals 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z When the battle is over, and won, it's a sorrier sight; the extraordinary creature pulled out on to ice by its magnificent spike, half whale, half unicorn. TV review: Human Planet 2011-01-27T23:05:00Z I looked down, searching for endangered Pacific pocket mice, before my eye caught something much larger in the waves: a whale spout. Where the whales are: Discovering marine mammals from shore along the Pacific Coast 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z From the motorboat, I watched mother-and-child humpback whales breach the surface and slide back into the deep. Update : In Mexico, Eco Concerns Where Sea Lions Romp 2013-04-24T16:26:11Z After 600-odd pages, there's a certain piquant satisfaction when this particular ancient mariner is drowned by the same great sperm whale he has set out to slaughter. Lynn Shepherd's top 10 fictional drownings 2013-03-06T10:30:18Z Lucas up to Newfoundland to take a mold of a beached 90-foot “finback” whale with instruction that stomach and throat measurements be made. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Though it attracts far fewer tourists than the country’s Caribbean coast, this remote area is well known to vacationing Colombians, who visit on summer weekends to watch humpback whales breaching near shore. In Northwest Colombia, Whales, Waves and a Dancing Bird 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z The first act maintains an exciting momentum, but Act 2, which should hurtle us toward the catastrophic meeting with the great white whale, bogs down in static exchanges. SF Opera: A whale, a swan and 2 lovers 2012-10-21T20:33:09Z Among beauty spots on the itinerary: Glacier Bay National Park and excursions via Zodiac boat to watch for whales. The Cruise Issue: New Options: 14 New Cruises for 2011 2011-02-11T20:13:12Z On a stage decorated with cherry blossoms and whale fins, the work is like a series of tragi-comic postcards of Japanese culture. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-06-08T23:05:29Z In one scene, Indonesian fishermen took turns launching themselves from their boats and spearing a sperm whale. Rewind TV: Shameless; Episodes; Kidnap and Ransom; Human Planet ? review 2011-01-16T00:05:49Z For instance, upon surveying his lopsided and incomplete killer whale cake, deli manager Amos declared it a "piece of poo." With buttercream, bits and beavers, “The Great British Bake Off” is finally back to prime saucy form 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z One night on the boat, Chami overheard Michael Fishbach, executive director of the Great Whale Conservancy, use the term “whale carbon” and the two began talking about the true value of a living whale. An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z In 1771, for instance, a female sperm whale dragged Marshal Jenkins underwater when he fell from his boat, but she quickly resurfaced to spit him out. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z The media tends to try to put everybody who likes dolphins and whales in the same bag. "The Cove" activist lambasts Japan film cancellations 2010-06-15T11:13:00Z Sally Wright, a young woman who spends a lot of time with a shotgun in her hands, is having one whale of a nervous breakdown. Review: ‘The Insurgents’ Stars Cassie Beck in a Lucy Thurber Drama 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z I thought I was going to say goodbye to the whales. Drew Barrymore saves the whales and melts cold war ice in Big Miracle 2012-02-09T13:12:00Z “Are we looking forward to the whales today?” The magic factor to a solo Colombia adventure: Turtle power 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Images of the mourning whale refusing to leave her baby transfixed the world. Baby orcas, new law provide small hope for future of nearly extinct mammals 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Knowledgeably and enthusiastically, they spoke about whales, seals and birds. Checking off my seventh continent: A half-price voyage to Antarctica 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z In his search he found a different drawing of a sperm whale with a whaleboat in its mouth. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z It's been five years since Raylan Givens secured his white whale and "Justified" star Timothy Olyphant hung up the modern day cowboy's iconic Stetson. Why has Timothy Olyphant become TV's go-to lawman? 2020-11-07T05:00:00Z The people are saved, the children are saved, the star whale is saved, it's all back on with the Doctor. Doctor Who and A Passionate Woman 2010-04-12T05:45:00Z The pair have chased a finback whale from Campobello to Brier Island in the middle of the night. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Six dancers will perform the almost-13-minute piece under Gabriel Orozco’s whale skeleton, “Mobile Matrix,” encircled by the audience. 2010-01-11T08:09:00Z Fishbach of the Great Whale Conservancy says he’d been contemplating the economic value of whales for a long time before he met Chami, but having an economist on the whales’ side is a windfall. An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z It sits near caribou and polar bear migration routes, and the waters are filled with abundant beluga whales, seals and fish. The Road to the Top of the World 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Known as “toothed whales,” orcas are the largest members of the dolphin family. Author and illustrator explored orcas’ home while creating ‘A Whale of the Wild’ 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z He went out in the whaling boat for the first time as a senior in high school, he said. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Iceland leads the world in practically everything per capita, he continued, only partly tongue in cheek: volcanoes, rock stars, whales, puffins, sheep, glaciers, seafood restaurants, vistas of bleak magnificence, thermal pools. Reykjavik Film Festival: Economies Crash, Volcanoes Burn 2011-09-30T23:13:09Z It was in dangerous pursuit of whales in the deep sea that the ship Essex was destroyed. 'In the Heart of the Sea' Author Says Story Is a Parable for Climate Change 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z They custom ordered a copper whale weather vane for the garage roof from the artisan in Connecticut. All-American Style 2010-06-23T23:04:00Z Like Jim, we learn, he is hiding a shameful secret from his past — which is how he’s ended up taking an ill-paying job as a whaling ship’s doctor. Review: In ‘The North Water,’ a Journey to the Arctic Turns Cutthroat 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z At one point, that strange young woman jumps out of a boat and grabs a whale. ‘How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky,’ by Lydia Netzer “There are stories of how whaling ships would come and fill their ship holds with the giant tortoises who live on the islands,” he said. Is Land Tourism Threatening the Galápagos? 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z My best experience was swimming with humpback whales: their size is incredible and they have the most extraordinary song, it's beautiful and really rather haunting. Michaela Strachan's top 10 animal encounters 2013-02-15T09:00:00Z Use butter if egg whites sticking to the frying pan is your white whale. The absolute best way to fry an egg, according to 42 tests 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z “There’s a fair amount of sadness, dealing with these creatures,” said Charles “Stormy” Mayo, director of the right whale ecology program at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, Massachusetts. This species of whale was close to disappearing a century ago. They’re fading once again. 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Finally, after Amy declares the soothing spa music to be irritating, her friend explodes: “Only you can be irritated by gamma waves and a whale,” she says. 'Veep' Recap: Listen, You Are Beyoncé 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z And in one of the most quietly suspenseful story lines on TV, will they find their white whale, the Roman hoard they’re convinced is buried in a local field? The Forecast: ‘The Americans’ Ends, J.K. Simmons Multiplies 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The Marine Stewardship Council announced Wednesday that the lobster is no longer considered sustainable because the fishing gear is snarling an endangered species of whale. At state dinner, Biden and Macron stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Ah, the whale, mighty leviathan of the deep, creature of supreme majesty and mystery. Clip joint: whales 2011-02-02T18:26:16Z The trail highlights 33 sites that are good for land-based whale, dolphin and porpoise spotting or associated with whaling history, from Cape Wrath to the Clyde and out to St Kilda. On the whale trail: sealife spotting in the Outer Hebrides 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z I sat down by the hole on my own and one of the whales came up and spouted water. Drew Barrymore saves the whales and melts cold war ice in Big Miracle 2012-02-09T13:12:00Z They’d say you’ll want to step into the new year with purple nails, shoes inspired by tropical fauna, and purses that look like whales. Dress Like It’s 2018 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z These creatures are essentially coerced into performing entertaining tricks for the benefit of a public audience, but one whale has been linked to the deaths of three people. Are animals in Hollywood films too human? 2013-04-25T18:30:01Z Drew Barrymore in a scene from Big Miracle, a film about the rescue of a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. Drew Barrymore saves the whales and melts cold war ice in Big Miracle 2012-02-09T13:12:00Z The Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is a vast conservation area around Antarctica in which commercial whaling operations are banned. Whale activist on the run vows to continue work 2012-07-31T15:52:07Z The project, “Weird Whales,” featured 3,350 pixelated whales, each with distinct traits, some rarer and thus perceived to be more valuable. Teens Cash In on the NFT Art Boom 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z The whale vertebrae on the 17th-century German armoire were “used as stools by kids selling pots on the road to Larache.” T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z We danced, rode bikes, swam near whales, kayaked, watched a movie on the beach and so much more. A meme is born as Kim Kardashian West tweets about private island birthday party 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Between May to October, you’ll probably see a humpback whale if you hang long enough on the flat coastal rock formation called the Balconies. Wild swimming, art walks and islands: five car-free day trips from Sydney 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z A killer whale performs at SeaWorld in a scene from Blackfish. Are animals in Hollywood films too human? 2013-04-25T18:30:01Z He has panhandled in the same spot for almost 20 years and has a good rapport with the locals, who call him “the whale man.” The panhandler’s lament: In an increasingly cashless world, fewer have a dime to spare 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Maybe the whales are teaching us something about holding the toxicity and the pollution of the human problem of waste and climate change. A Choreographer Diving Into Grief Looks to Whales 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z The singer and primary songwriter of Portland, Ore.-based band The Decemberists often tackles lonesome, literary folk-rock fables about everything from Chinese trapeze artists to mariners stuck in the belly of a whale. Music Monday: The Decemberists' Long Live The King 2011-10-31T15:15:44Z You spot a humpback whale during your boat tour, for example. What You Need to Know Before Your First Trip Abroad 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Another person recalled: “The energy of my spirit seemed to flow like a great whale gliding through a sea of silent euphoria.” What do near-death experiences mean, and why do they fascinate us? 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z The whales themselves don’t get great screen time. Big Miracle: A Slice of 80s Nostalgia, With a Side of Whale 2012-02-02T17:37:40Z The lodge’s open-plan restaurant has a dozen wooden tables and a whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling. The magic factor to a solo Colombia adventure: Turtle power 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z His voice, the bass purr of a 1920s Broadway impresario, is today so deep, so quiet, some of his words stay between him and the whales. Vin Diesel on Guardians of the Galaxy: 'I didn't realise how much I love trees' 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Cotillard’ s character, Stéphanie, is a whale trainer at a marine park in the south of France; midway into the film, she suffers a terrible accident at work that leaves her forever changed. ‘Rust and Bone’ brings Marion Cotillard face to face with orcas 2013-01-02T21:46:23Z Boats also slow to below 7 knots within a nautical half-mile, fly “whale alert” flags and disengage engines if the whales approach them. Seattle summer staycation: 3 day trips to take from the Seattle waterfront 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The golden light sweeps along, catching the eye of a humpback whale, brushing across beaches and northern forests and down city streets. Three children’s and YA books we love, October edition 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z It's actually prehensile, says Joy, like a monkey's tail; it can stick out in any direction, and that helps whales overcome the problem of not having anything much to grab hold of on each other. TV review: Sperm Whale: Inside Nature's Giants 2011-08-07T21:29:01Z The music borrows from folk and pop, with just a whiff of electronica and maybe some whale song, too. ‘Islander’ Review: Two Young Women Lost and Found at Sea 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Topics: , Noble Beasts, Whales An idea’s been floating around for some time that whales more than chewed people — that they swallowed them, and people might have survived in the stomach. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Another is shaped like a big whale and a baby whale swimming together. Life at Caleta 111 Revolves Around Limes and Tiger’s Milk 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z In North America, right whales were called the true whale, the whalebone whale, the 7ft bone whale and the rock-nose whale. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z "And that it's okay for Japan to propose a new plan which involves killing whales as long as it takes account of the reasoning and conclusions set by the ICJ at this time." Japan shrugs off embarrassing court loss, vows resumption of Antarctic whaling 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z He also rode an elephant and a killer whale. California car pitchman and pop culture figure Cal Worthington dies 2013-09-10T22:43:40Z The researchers urged countries that signed the Paris agreement on climate change to work together on protecting whales. Saving whales would help the planet more than planting trees, new study says 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z It is a collage of memoir, cultural history and travelogue in which the author makes pilgrimage to ever more distant seas to swim with whales and dolphins. The Sea Inside by Philip Hoare – review 2013-05-30T06:30:01Z Another whale shows up in "Terrible Round About," though this time it's coral-pink, and outsize teeth poke obscenely through the creature's flesh. Lauren Grossman at Platform Gallery: leviathans and hellmouths 2012-04-05T19:30:11Z He began helping a whaling crew as a boy, he said. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z And if we are talking about sperm whales, which we are most of the time, there is the deadly passage through the 30-foot jaws lined with 8-inch teeth. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Children can pursue their own scientific inquiries, including operating small manta ray-inspired robots and collaboratively reconstructing a reproduction of the skeleton of an 18-foot-long pilot whale. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 4-10 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Instead of privileging humans in the narrative, Akomfrah assigned equal, or even greater, importance to the sea and the whales. An Artist Who Brings Order to Chaos 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Right whales – as in the “right whale” to kill – were a favourite target, yet we understood almost nothing about them. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z "It's a masterpiece – if it's meant to be a dead whale." How easy is it to copy a famous painting? 2013-07-22T07:00:09Z I stared vigilantly at the horizon the whole way, even though I can’t discern a whale from a mound of kelp. In South Africa, Whale Watching Is a Waiting Game (With Penguins) 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Another former SeaWorld orca trainer, Carol Ray, said whale watching is a wonderful way to see these majestic animals up close. `Blackfish' documentary looks at SeaWorld's captive orcas 2013-07-24T19:36:13Z The show portrays the annual harassment of Japanese whaling vessels by the anti-whaling activists of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Television: On the High Seas, a Mix of Danger and Bumbling High Jinks 2010-08-26T22:23:00Z The prize, Britain's most prestigious for nonfiction, was won last year by Philip Hoare's study of whales, Leviathan. Samuel Johnson shortlist spurns war stories and biographies 2010-05-25T23:01:00Z If you’re lucky, you may also glimpse an orca, a humpback whale or a bottlenose dolphin. Unplugged Along the California Coast 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z This species of whale was close to disappearing a century ago. This Earth Day, head to the river 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z It was from Kushiro, 160 km south of Rausu, that the fleet departed on July 1 for its first hunt after commercial whaling resumed. Former Japanese fisherman finds profit in whale-watching 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Not likely — this was the migrating gray whale. Fun day trips await across the Golden Gate Bridge in Northern California 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z She excitedly recorded spotting a whale from her window. Footsteps: Rachel Carson’s ‘Rugged Shore’ in Maine 2012-08-22T20:00:28Z Out on the sea hunting a whale with a harpoon, or lost in our cyber world, human beings are still tackling the same issues. At Under the Radar, Theater That Jumps Right Off the Page 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Indeed, L.A. is a late California port of arrival for this white whale, which has already alighted on the lyric stages in San Diego and San Francisco. With L.A. Opera's 'Moby-Dick,' call it a success 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Other programs involve working with elephants, dolphins and whales, as well as helping locals understand the importance of wildlife to their economies. T Magazine: Adventures in Humanitarian Tourism 2011-03-25T19:19:14Z One is scrimshaw, the carved images made on whale bone and teeth, walruses’ tusks and other artifacts of the 18th- and 19th-century whaling industry. Spare Times for Children for March 28-April 3 2014-03-27T22:34:17Z Under a darkened dome inscribed with an oculus, spagoers bob in a warm salt pool as classical music, electronica or even whale sounds are piped in and a colorful light display is shown overhead. In Transit Blog: In Berlin, Urban Spas to Combat the Winter Chill 2011-12-27T11:00:17Z He held his hand a few feet in front of the whale's long nose, as if instructing the creature to stop, halt. Building Field Museum's beasts a giant undertaking 2011-05-17T00:27:00Z “He isn’t just another whale, though, is he?” she asks. Television Review: Ahab Has a Wife and a Heart. Oh, and a Whale. 2011-07-31T22:18:03Z Among dozens of interactive educational exhibits are a butterfly garden, a streetscape from television's Sesame Street and a whaling ship. Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Rochester, New York 2013-03-15T09:12:50Z Cartwright said she doesn’t believe the whales are in danger of becoming massively depleted again but thinks it’s important to understand the connection between environmental and climate changes in Alaska and the whales’ behavior. Experts meet in Hawaii to understand decline of humpback whales 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z In the far north, bakers make cake with fondant photo prints of Inupiat whaling crews and serve it with mikigaq, fermented whale meat. In Alaska’s Far-Flung Villages, Happiness Is a Cake Mix 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z It’s like the London whale—nobody knows what that guy looks like, nobody knows where he lives. Robert Pattinson and Director David Cronenberg on Cars, Cosmopolis and Fans Who Care 2012-08-14T20:48:47Z The film tracks a hefty lawsuit Marineland files against Demers, and a bill he supports that would ban the captivity of whales and dolphins in Canada. ‘The Walrus and the Whistleblower’ Review: The Fight to Free a Friend 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z It might be justifiable for members of the Makah tribe to hunt a gray whale, but it’s not O.K. for your white deer-hunter grandpa to shoot a beluga. How Hunting Became a Macho Sport 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z “Contrary to what you see in PETA’s campaign, SeaWorld understands the importance of keeping killer whale mothers and their dependent calves together,” it said in a statement. Pregnant Supermodel Poses Nude for PETA to Protest SeaWorld 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z I learned that when a whale dies, his corpse creates a new environment for other sea creatures and they feed on his body. Kids, ages 5-9, share the books and TV shows that they’re loving right now 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z The collapse of the whale population at the end of the 19th century came as enormous textile mills were being built, transforming the cityscape. The Old Whaling Capital of New Bedford Looks Ahead 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z And so I think what the whales taught me was that social bonds are important. Uncovering the "Secrets of the Whales," from beluga baby names to fascinating seafood preferences 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Her son manages the visitor center at Utría situated in a large mangrove forest, alongside a warm, sheltered bay that serves as a nursery for mother whales to bring their newborns. | The Razor’s Edge 2014-05-07T16:15:52Z After the whale was harpooned, he switched places with the boat steerer to kill the whale with a lance. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z That’s why we were excited to spend time at the coast near Tillamook combining whale watching with hiking at Cape Lookout, home to one of the best trails and viewpoints on the Oregon Coast. Cape Lookout hike on Oregon coast ideal for whale watching 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Just outside the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay, we followed the footprints of a whale. The Farallon Islands Are Off Limits to Humans — But Not Wildlife 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z At the end of the video, as he’s pulling in the gear after freeing the whale, you can see the sweat and exhaustion on his face. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The next day the crew spotted the same whale, gave chase again, and this time killed it. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Explore extinct volcanoes at Eshaness, trawl Yell's blanket bog for birds, spy rare flowers peeking through the Keen of Hamar's barren moonscape, or watch kittiwakes and killer whales patrolling the rugged coastline. This week's new events 2012-07-06T23:05:00Z Those include whales that winter in Hawaii, the West Indies and Australia. Most humpback whales removed from the endangered species list 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z More whales died in the single year that his film was made than in a century and a half of the Yankee whaling commemorated by Melville. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Here she is called Elizabeth and is played by Gillian Anderson as a loving wife who worries that her husband hasn’t been the same since a giant white whale bit off his leg. Television Review: Ahab Has a Wife and a Heart. Oh, and a Whale. 2011-07-31T22:18:03Z I was expecting, or at least hoping, that Mo’orea would be a lot like Maui and we would see hundreds of humpback whales. Enchantment under the sea — with whales — in Tahiti 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z At sea, great whales sang theme and variations through thousands of miles of the abyss. The Sea Inside by Philip Hoare – review 2013-05-30T06:30:01Z A new mini-series based on Herman Melville’s novel tries to have it both ways, adding a fillip of Mark Twain to the immortal tale of Ahab and the white whale. Television Review: Ahab Has a Wife and a Heart. Oh, and a Whale. 2011-07-31T22:18:03Z Here’s an account of one harpooner’s encounter with a whale: The Real-Life Story of ‘The Last Whalers’ Reads Like a First-Rate Novel 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z In the whales that swam in the sea, in the heart beating in my breast. Knausgaard’s Selflessness 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Often unable to swim freely or feed, entangled whales die of starvation, or infection from the ropes cutting deep their flesh – day-after-day, month-after-month, sometimes slicing into the bone. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z There were nautical instruments, ships in bottles, paintings of ships, teeth from sperm whales. Pablo Neruda Wrote Me a Poem 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z I've loved Ron Howard's films since childhood and this is a proper old-fashioned yarn about men and a whale and the elements. Murphy returns as 'street fighting man' 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z “They are very sweet ladies but the bride called them ‘land whales’ behind their back once,” the Reddit user opined. Bride asks maid of honor to delay boob job until after wedding: 'She wants to be the hottest one' 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z In the early 2000s, they were each running their own whale watching boats, and were both used to working with rope and spending long hours on the water. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Japan's government says the hunting of dolphins and whales is an important cultural tradition. Dolphin hunt film screenings cancelled in Tokyo 2010-06-05T05:36:00Z Rothenberg has excellent credentials: he is a jazz musician and a professor of philosophy and music who has specialised in bringing natural sounds – bird and whale song – into the ambit of jazz. Survival of the Beautiful by David Rothenberg - review 2012-02-10T08:59:00Z Claudia has recently fled to Neah Bay, a Native whaling village on the Pacific coast, to salve her wounded heart with work after her husband left her for another woman — her own sister. Review | In ‘Subduction,’ an anthropologist observing a remote fishing village becomes part of the story 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z There are plenty of lookout points helpfully scattered along the way, many marked with a whale illustration, indicating the best vantage points. In South Africa, Whale Watching Is a Waiting Game (With Penguins) 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Near the end of the book a young girl at the prow of a ship sees the surviving whale, older now. Facts About the Natural World Astound and Delight in These Picture Books 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z I was looking at it very scientifically, very clinically, not realizing in reality that what I was looking at was indeed culture, whale culture. Uncovering the "Secrets of the Whales," from beluga baby names to fascinating seafood preferences 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Some islanders are resignedly saying it’s time to come see the whales while you still can, as threats to their well-being keep piling up. Worth the trip: Spy San Juan whales and sample what’s new 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z At an approximate speed of six knots the whale struck the hull, sending a quake shuttering through the boat’s oak beams, and stopping it dead in the water. My ancestors, the cannibals: Whaling, human sacrifice and the true story of “Moby-Dick” 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Amos, a mouse, builds a great ship to explore the sea, but he is tossed overboard, then rescued by Boris, a whale. William Steig’s Books Explored the Reality That Adults Don’t Want Children to Know About 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z It could double as an art gallery or home design showplace: A wild abundance of ivory figurines of seals, whales, bears and other Arctic creatures decorate the shelves, plus sculptures, paintings, a muskox rug. What’s this Washington insider and billionaire’s wife doing in Alaska? 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Killer whales’ food preferences are one of their complex behaviors. Among brainy sea creatures, killer whales are some of the smartest 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z “I prayed to whales with my feet in the ocean, my only real friends until I had children. Then I realized humanity was suffering and our children were born perfect.” Anderson gives speech on past sexual abuse 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z I had never read Melville’s masterpiece; somehow reading about a madman pursuing a great white whale never registered in my consciousness as anywhere near purposeful prose. Ahab’s White Whale and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z But if you were to say, ‘The whales, even if you don’t care for them, they are saving you,’ that’s a whole different conversation. An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Just when it seemed he was lost forever in the mirage of his own ennui, a great white whale of a Chevy zooms toward him — and he pursues it with zeal. Mad Men Watch: How Much Damage Did You Do, Peaches? 2013-05-06T09:45:54Z The black curve of a finback whale broke the surface of the grey water, and uninhabited islands dripped from the end of the continent like water from a leaky tap. Take the long view: Chile revisited 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z He cut off an interview subject in midsentence and did a wonderful live call, full of awe and excitement, as footage of the gigantic whale filled the screen. Review: ‘Big Blue Live’ Searches for Marine Life 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Tilikum, as remembered by the trainers who worked with him at Sealand, was a gentle and motivated whale with a tremendous personality. Life and death of Tilikum: “Notorious” orca’s death yet another cry for help for captive killer whales 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Yet the adrenaline of the whale hunt has proved irresistible to film-makers. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Colorful stripes and waves wrap around two walls of a darkened, carpeted room to the sounds of wildlife — the trumpeting of elephants, for instance, or the singing of whales. The End Is Nigh. Can Design Save Us? 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Two more Puget Sound orcas are ailing and probably will be dead by summer, according to an expert on the critically endangered population of killer whales that live in the waters of the Pacific Northwest. Scientists spot more sickly orcas and fear numbers will drop by summer 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z SINISTER: Drugs, time travel, dwarfed whales, gentrification, regret, poor choices, second chances, and blackouts. “Every story another tweaker told me while we were getting high”: A guide to the end of summer’s hottest books 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Without trying too hard or paying for a tour, maybe I’d get lucky and spot a whale along the way. Fun day trips await across the Golden Gate Bridge in Northern California 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Merary points to the spray of whale spouts off to our left. In Mexico’s Magdalena Bay, humans and whales meet up 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The giant Pacific octopus is nocturnal and gets busy, as do the whale sharks, she said. Night at the museum: U.S. adults embrace art, science sleepovers 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z But something about dolphin and beluga whale recordings didn't feel quite right. Lion roars and a busted grape: How editors and mixers built the sounds of this year’s Oscar movies 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Chami says the IMF has embraced his whale passion, though, asking him to present his findings at recent meetings. An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z It supposedly reassures me that the whale — 21,000 pounds of foam and fiberglass — is suspended by a single steel pipe anchored in the ceiling. The Natural History Museum Has a New App 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z One breathtaking sequence in Canada captured polar bears hunting a pod of beluga whales — something only possible to film properly by using drones. New BBC nature documentary series tackles global change 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Some of the whales were wrapped in rope cutting deep into their skin – their cause of death seemed obvious, starvation or infection. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z In the name of their valor, war itself becomes a sort of white whale, a goal pursued furiously and monomaniacally, for its own sake, without regard to purpose or consequence. “American Sniper” Takes Apart the Myth of the American Warrior 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z This traditional song from the Hebridean Islands accompanies images of dead pilot whales from one of the largest recorded beachings of whales, which took place on King Island. Music Review: Richard Tognetti Mixes Surfing and Classical Music 2010-08-17T22:46:00Z All of that was part of the experience and definitely informed my appreciation of the wild, incautious business of sticking a forty-ton gray whale from a canoe. Instead of Sobbing, You Write Sentences: An Interview with Charles D'Ambrosio 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z It was a minke whale appetizer, not mink whale. Cultured Traveler: The Lights and Nights of Reykjavik 2013-01-22T20:39:34Z “If we’re headed to a port of call, but we see a group of humpback whales, we’re going to divert course and hang out to let people savor that Alaska moment,” Kirkpatrick said. Why 2021 will be the year of the Alaska micro-cruise 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z There it was turned into Ahab’s Pequod, a ship tricked out in the very bones of its foe, with a whale jaw for its tiller. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Kronman and his father spent weekends deep-sea fishing, and, miles from land, they encountered whales, porpoises, and sharks. The Sage of Yale Law 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z After that, Joe was able to cut the lines in just 15 minutes – an incredibly efficient operation, since it typically takes hours to free a whale, especially right whales, notoriously agile and wild. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Occasionally a passenger would spot some wildlife — a black bear, a pod of dolphins, the splash of a whale’s tail. A D.I.Y. Trip Through Alaska’s Inside Passage 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z She is, in Davies’s account, the white whale, always just out of reach and eluding the various harpoons he lobs at her. ‘Hack Attack,’ About a Rupert Murdoch Paper’s Trials, by Nick Davies 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z We rolled up and down the swells and rubbernecked at whales for 2½ hours until we reached the Farallones’ granite island ridge, once part of a Southern California mountain range. Great white sharks abound at a marine sanctuary just off the San Francisco coast 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Fewer ships at sea also gave scientists the opportunity to see the effects on humpback whales. Revelry and Unease in Alaska as Cruises Return 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z When Sahil described “Digital Orca,” a sculpture on the waterfront that resembles a whale made of Legos, as “pixelated,” my father intervened. In the Northwest, 3 Trips, Planned by Others 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Transformation, in which large rocks could be giants and whales and walruses might sprout human faces, is a theme that looms large in Inuit culture. Making Art on Top of the World 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z “Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.” The Decline of Yelling 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z The pitch for saving endangered whales has long played on emotion, delivered by a few to the many, arguing it was simply the right thing to do. An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z For more than 1,000 years, humans have been climbing into tiny boats for the chance to slay a whale. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z She was pleased at their large oil harvest from “a noble whale,” she wrote, although “it seems cruel to kill them.” In Maritime Logbooks, a Trove of ‘Extraordinary’ Imagery 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z He spotted the whale boat with its flashing beacons slowly trolling toward the bow of the carrier. Inside the mind of one “American Shooter” 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Helen got scuba qualified, and we spent hours diving alongside whale sharks and manta rays, but the sea lions stood out as our finest animal encounter. 'My best travel discovery of 2016' 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z On the way home, Scwally discovers a dying whale, which the brothers poke at in the late twilight. Movie Review: ‘My Brothers,’ Directed by Paul Fraser 2012-11-30T00:49:55Z Swords flash, whales splash, and flames erupt in Lee Seok-hoon’s new film, “The Pirates.” ‘The Pirates,’ a Korean Swashbuckler 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z And also, less endemically: barking baboons, trumpeting elephants, screaming killer whales. Review: In ‘Biophony,’ Ballet Matches Exotic Sound 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z One place where I’m looking at this particularly is in the context of dolphins and whales. Suicidal dogs and bipolar wolves 2012-09-26T22:56:00Z Clark does not stint on beautiful, terrible, blood-streaked accounts of hunting sperm whales. The Real-Life Story of ‘The Last Whalers’ Reads Like a First-Rate Novel 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z It takes a particular kind of person to take that risk – someone driven by the prospect of saving a whale, but also by the desire to feel wild too. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z It offers up its metaphors — that paper bird, the heart of a whale — with a hand as heavy as an anvil. ‘Letters of Suresh’ Review: Returning to the Fold 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Zeman first heard about the whale at an artists’ colony where it inspired a play and a piece of sculpture. Adrian Grenier Says His Quest for the Lonely Whale is 'a Lot Like Moby Dick' 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Frenchette, their interpretation of contemporary French bistro cooking, which opened in the first week of April, would seem to draw from the same heat-seeking customer pool of food lovers, fashion followers and Wall Street whales. A New Restaurant, Frenchette, Stands Up for Natural Wines 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Researchers use a variety of monitoring methods to count the whales, including visual observations while aboard ships that follow specific coordinates. Experts meet in Hawaii to understand decline of humpback whales 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z And yet she's not entirely the good guy herself, insisting at first on a hotheaded denunciation of local Inuits for wanting to hunt whales. Big Miracle ? review 2012-02-09T22:36:01Z An infant killer whale was spotted over the weekend in Washington state's Puget Sound, the first orca born to the region's endangered population of marine mammals in two years, experts said on Monday. Baby killer whale born to endangered population in Washington state 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z SAT Video photography of "Southern Pod" whales, 11 a.m. Community calendar 2012-10-03T19:44:10Z Among the objects on display is a whale mask from the Northwest. Art Review: ?Connecting Cultures? at the Brooklyn Museum 2012-04-19T22:20:33Z Faintly we heard the eerie traces of high-pitched whale song, the complicated variation that the males sing, perhaps to warn off other males. A Maui vacation in three acts 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Jamison cares that we care about the whale. Leslie Jamison and the Anxiety of Authorship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Electric lights replaced candles and whale oil, flush toilets replaced outhouses, cars and electric trains replaced horses. The Powers That Were 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Trips starting in 2020 will follow humpback whales in Alaska, sharks in the South Pacific and study microplastics in the Antarctic Peninsula. See the World and Make a Difference on a ‘Citizen Science’ Expedition 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Days later, pilot whale Freddie was bribed to the side of a pool with fish, and trainer Liz Thomas gently grabbed her tail. Some SeaWorld mammals survive longer in captivity 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z The Miami Seaquarium bought the young whale and named her Lolita. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z This is what my husband described as my white whale. Preppy Kitchen's John Kanell reveals the one tool you need to conquer your baking anxiety 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Entertainment Weekly revealed a first look at a beluga whale named Bailey and a whale shark named Destiny. Meet Two New Characters From 'Finding Dory' 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z In “Fathoms,” the Australian environmental writer Rebecca Giggs considers whales and their hold on the human imagination. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Now read Ryan’s one about whales, then Grimes’s bit about the polar bears again. Grimes finds a whole new way to make climate change fun 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z God sent Jonah to speak out against their wickedness, but he ran away and ended up in the belly of the whale. Nineveh – review 2013-05-01T13:01:12Z If it weren’t for the man driving a harpoon into its mouth, I’d say this was a whale at play. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Some species have rebounded since then – humpbacks and Antarctic minke whales, for instance, are expected to reach their pre-whaling population numbers by 2050. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Chase makes virtuosically parched, percussive exhalations; she can be sheerly sweet on the standard flute and has, on the enormous contrabass flute, the milky penetration of a whale’s deep-sea call. Review: A Concerto Makes Two Soloists a Many-Tentacled Creature 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z He depicts vast vaults of bones, a whale’s innards, and more pale-blue glows and sparkles than you’d find in the inspirational section of a shopping mall. The Superhero Movie as Secular Religion in “Aquaman,” “Bumblebee,” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z The unaccompanied cadenza was a combination of high-velocity coloratura and ethereal moaning, as if Mozart's Queen of the Night were being sung by a whale. Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival – review 2012-11-26T12:37:30Z “People usually come here to see all the creatures they love; the elephants, the dinosaurs, the blue whale,” said Lauri Halderman, the museum’s vice president for exhibition. Can Art Help Save the Insect World? 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Aside from two whaling ships a couple of months later, no one, except possibly some Inuit, ever saw them again. 'The Man Who Ate His Boots': The Northwest Passage ? it had to be there 2010-03-19T22:30:00Z “I felt a great deal of satisfaction. It was my white whale.” Tracking an Elusive Diary From Hitler’s Inner Circle 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Alongside Ron, Valerie began capturing remarkable ocean images: whack-a-mole eels, rippling squid, a shiver of sharks noshing on a whale carcass. ‘Playing With Sharks’ Review: Intrepid Journeys Undersea 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Warning: You will learn more about whales than you have ever wished to know. Bruce Springsteen: By the Book 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z For months, Day was unsure if he could document the notoriously unpredictable whale hunt. 'We were trying not to get hit by their tails' – how I filmed the Faroe whale hunt 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The very next day, I came home to find my bedroom walls laden with scientific posters of whales and dolphins, as my stepfather busied himself setting up a freshwater tank next to my desk. Obamacare saved my a**: Really, it literally saved my a** 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z This confidence was shattered when, by chance in Nova Scotia I got a whiff of whale meat and found it decidedly fishy, mammal or not. End Days foodways: More and more of us are gaming the apocalypse, others ask "why bother?" 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z In his commitment to the quotidian details of his life as a boy and as a man, Knausgaard writes like a whale filtering krill. At the Close of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle,’ a Magician Loses His Touch 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Nantucket later became the center of the region’s whaling industry, but remained mostly isolated until the 1950s, when real estate developers began buying tracts of land to create a resort for wealthy summer vacationers. Nantucket Benefits From a Google Long-Distance Marriage 2012-08-29T20:34:37Z The name is a Melville reference, of sorts — as whale oil declined as a lighting source in the 1840s, one substitute was lard oil from hogs, or “prairie whales.” 36 Hours in the Berkshires 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Scenes follow a leopard on the hunt, a napping sperm whale and a bear scratching its back on a tree. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘You Were Never Really Here’ and Bill Maher 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z As the conversation began under the whale, a video screen roared loudly to life with a documentary on capturing and cataloging whales. Sylvan Esso Keeps Electronic Pop Human 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z In pen, pencil and watercolor, they added drawings of heaving whales in their death throes dragging boats, bleeding whale carcasses l being torn apart and seamen’s coffins lowered into the ocean. In Maritime Logbooks, a Trove of ‘Extraordinary’ Imagery 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The two penthouse suites are spectacular, as are the views from north-facing rooms, which look over Surfers Paradise and an expanse of the Pacific Ocean that's traversed, in the winter months, by migrating humpback whales. Hang Loose at Komune Resort and Spa 2010-08-12T16:40:00Z Outdoorsy fun abounds, with mountain biking, kayaking and whale watching all ideal ways to eat up a summer day. Loneliness and Its Antidote on Orcas Island 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Special sightings included a rare Ross seal, Antarctic killer whales and one Emperor penguin. Checking an item off the kids’ bucket list: Antarctica 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Its call could be now around 47Hz and this has been been observed in other blue whales around the world which suggests it is unusual but not unique. Adrian Grenier Says His Quest for the Lonely Whale is 'a Lot Like Moby Dick' 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z In Heisserer’s screenplay, it’s described as a mixture of “whispers and clicks and low whale song.” It’s all in the wording: ‘Arrival’ raises profile of linguists, making them almost cool. 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Eleven-day trips follow the reverse course at a more leisurely pace, with a day set aside for whale and dolphin watching. The Cruise Issue: New Options: 14 New Cruises for 2011 2011-02-11T20:13:12Z Just when the Shepherds think they've turned the tide, here comes an official press release from Japanese whaling fleet announcing that it's about to double the number of whaling vessels. The whalers' worst nightmare sets sail again 2011-06-03T19:04:00Z “But looking to the future, if you don’t eat whale, you forget that it’s a food,” he said. In Japan, the business of watching whales is far larger than... 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Speaking of which, Charlie is not the only whale in “The Whale.” ‘The Whale’ Review: Body Issues 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z There are sea monsters, spouting whales and an engraving of Captain Teach, otherwise known as Blackbeard. Aquatopia: art on the ocean wave 2013-07-22T17:25:00Z The next three hours involve a series of very stylised movements taking place in a series of weird rooms on a whaling ship. What's the best arthouse film that makes no sense? 2010-10-20T11:00:00Z There's a Dürer intensity to the way he details the creatures at the center of his stories, whether it's a goat, a whale, an elephant or an elk. Artist Tyson Grumm creates a surreal menagerie in latest exhibit 2012-05-23T21:02:04Z Ron Howard tries to harness a whale in “In the Heart of the Sea.” What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Maggie’s Plan’ and ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z We studied the menu and pointed to the puffin and minke whale appetizers, Icelandic delicacies. Cultured Traveler: The Lights and Nights of Reykjavik 2013-01-22T20:39:34Z Mr. Hunter and his colleagues next turned to saving the whales. Review: ‘How to Change the World’ Traces the Roots of Greenpeace 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z They are also looking at technology to lower the number of fishing lines that entangle whales. This species of whale was close to disappearing a century ago. They’re fading once again. 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z I went the Holy Grail of whaling logbooks, “History of the American Whale Fishery,” which the Research Library keeps handy on the tables. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z It includes walking sticks and boxes that sailors fashioned primarily from whale bone or ivory during long voyages; especially impressive is an elliptical “ditty box” incised with neo-Classical buildings from around 1845. Art Review: ‘Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions,’ at South Street Seaport 2012-08-02T23:17:05Z Some whales will skim for food, gulp or grab. Building Field Museum's beasts a giant undertaking 2011-05-17T00:27:00Z In the other corner a primitive-looking xylophone is held up with more whale bones. The magic factor to a solo Colombia adventure: Turtle power 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z After a successful hunt, whaling crews spend hours towing the whale onto the icy shore and then butchering it into specific portions for families and feasts. Climate change is melting Arctic ice cellars 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The whale struck the third mate with his tail and thinks a rib broken in the right side. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Winter Wildlife Boat Trip, Virginia Beach The Virginia Aquarium takes advantage of its oceanfront location by offering boat excursions to spot humpback whales, which are too big to inhabit its pavilions. In Transit Blog: Calendar: Coming Events in Munich, Amsterdam, France, Virginia Beach 2013-02-01T18:00:35Z In “The Squid and the Whale,” he turns the tables on predator and prey, as a gigantic pink squid swallows a miniaturized whale. ‘Sea Change’ and allusions to climate change among artworks at local galleries in January 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The island, with dramatic landscapes and waters full of whale sharks, dolphins and tuna, offers a unique getaway for hikers, divers, fishing enthusiasts and hermits. 52 Places to Go in 2016 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z On 5 October last year, the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative released its right whale necropsy report, confirming what everyone already knew: the dead whales had been killed by ship strikes and fishing line. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Yanna Xian will likely never forget the close call she had with a baby humpback whale. Giant whale calf nearly collides with free diver in Tahiti: Video 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z These nematodes infect a wide range of marine organisms; fish and cephalopods serve as intermediate hosts, while dolphins, whales, seals and other marine mammals are the final hosts. How to be smart when it comes to ordering, cooking and eating raw fish 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z A fledgling reporter from the Anchorage station, Adam is about to escape a season of banishment in Barrow when the whales turn up, poking their heads up through a tiny hole in the ever-thickening ice. Big Miracle: A Slice of 80s Nostalgia, With a Side of Whale 2012-02-02T17:37:40Z And the straps should be tight enough to squeeze your shoulders and back, which should make you feel somewhat like a whale being hoisted into a fisherman’s net. My boobs, my burden 2014-02-24T01:00:00Z The deeper meaning of the hunt for the whale was made clearer in Vol. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers and the Return of 'The Unwritten' 2012-01-13T18:40:28Z What made this observation all the more remarkable is that Kendrew's myoglobin had been purified and crystallised from the meat of a sperm whale, while Perutz's haemoglobin came from a horse. Myoglobin: turd of the century? 2013-04-19T06:29:00Z C. The dolphin had been used in an anti-Chris Christie campaign ad, as a contrast to an unnamed “whale.” Style Invitational Week 1168: Asterisky business — give us nerdy humor 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z I experienced it when I first saw a minke whale in Scotland, and when a dolphin leapt over my boat in Cardigan Bay. The primal thrill of sharks: the emotional case for rewilding the sea 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z She follows people across the strait in their walrus-hide boats and commercial whaling ships, but she also follows the walrus and whales themselves, as well as foxes, reindeer, ravens and wolves. A View of the Bering Strait That’s Anything but Narrow 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z If anything, we empathise with the whales more than the humans because they're treated like animals. Are animals in Hollywood films too human? 2013-04-25T18:30:01Z "We want to tell the story of the weird creatures that live on a whale carcass for up to 50 years," says Alex Gaffikin, the museum's exhibition designer. The Natural History Museum's wonders of The Deep 2010-05-15T23:08:00Z AP calculated survival rates for killer whales, bottlenose dolphins, California sea lions and beluga whales at more than 170 U.S. parks and aquariums. Some SeaWorld mammals survive longer in captivity 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z It's the tale of the Nantucket whale ship Essex, which sunk in 1820 after it was rammed by a sperm whale, leaving its crew shipwrecked in the South Pacific for 90 days. For 'In the Heart of the Sea,' Ron Howard heads straight to the source 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z We wanted to see nature — whales, eagles and especially bears and glaciers. Glaciers and salmon guts: A 9-year-old’s first impression of Alaska 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The humpback was nearly wiped off the planet due to whaling. 'Humpback Whales 3-D' a labor of love for documentary filmmakers 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z A single whale, he learned, could capture the same amount of carbon dioxide as 30,000 trees. An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Brown told the British news agency that he and Xian have free-diving experience and have swum with whales before in their home city of Honolulu. Giant whale calf nearly collides with free diver in Tahiti: Video 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Olafur Eliasson dangled an electric fan overhead that became its own propeller, swinging itself back and forth, and Gabriel Orozco suspended an entire whale skeleton. Hold That Obit; MoMA?s Not Dead 2010-12-30T16:49:20Z On one side, Clark Lane, a whaling captain, his crew members and family rose in front of a crowd to offer prayers of thanks. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z On the way back we hooked what he referred to as a “stunted marlin” but to me looked like an unstunted whale. The day I went fishing and drinking with Hemingway in Havana 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Partying Above the Arctic Circle, on the Lofoten Islands of Norway Under orders from my Norwegian host Kaia Tetlie, I was happily carving a 10-pound hunk of dark purple whale meat into rectangular steaks. Frugal Traveler Blog: Partying Above the Arctic Circle 2012-07-10T20:39:47Z And the film captures this community's cooperative food-gathering system called "bubble net fishing," in which the whales work together to entrap vast quantities of herring. 'Humpback Whales 3-D' a labor of love for documentary filmmakers 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z It’s the one specimen Hjartarson doesn’t have in his collection, which includes whales, mice, dolphins, hamsters, rats, wolves and a cave bear that may be Siggi’s oldest acquisition. ‘The Final Member’: a look at Phallological Museum 2014-04-17T20:33:42Z “It’s the sort of thing you’d usually drop in the ocean to record a humpback whale, but we found another way to use it.” The Secret Sounds of ‘Dune’: Rice Krispies and Marianne Faithfull 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The project also emphasizes links between the museum’s various themes and activities — from exhibition to education; from children to scholars; from dinosaurs and whales to insects and butterflies. Museum of Natural History’s New Science Center Takes Shape 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Cooper Hughes, 12, of Alexandria, Virginia, took an excursion boat in Juneau, Alaska, to go whale watching and visit Mendenhall Glacier. Summer of KidsPost: Boats, camping and mountains 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z One display includes the satirical Royal Order of Whale Bangers medal, given to World War II bombardiers who accidentally killed a whale instead of sinking a submarine. Military museums grapple with a mission that’s only getting more complex 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Xian, on the other hand, feels that the whale calf’s swim up to her might have held a deeper meaning. Giant whale calf nearly collides with free diver in Tahiti: Video 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z In writing about the Makah whale hunt, it seemed relevant that I drove my truck onto the beach and pitched a tent. Instead of Sobbing, You Write Sentences: An Interview with Charles D'Ambrosio 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z We lose, on the other hand, all the weight of the whale. Shelley Jackson, Author and Advocate of the Monstrous 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Ten whales were buried by Maori, Tu Hononga was gifted to Te Papa and another was kept by the tribe, turning the blubber and oils into everyday goods. Building Field Museum's beasts a giant undertaking 2011-05-17T00:27:00Z It is entered through a low porch alongside a rugged slab of rock that stretches 20m into the house like a great whale, rising up into a spacious hexagonal hall. Heart-shaped Frank Lloyd Wright island up for sale 2012-11-30T14:18:11Z To announce that you intend to write about race in his vein is akin to proposing to write about whaling in Melville’s. Review: ‘The Fire This Time,’ Stoked by Baldwin’s Legacy 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Nor should the leopard skin, the narwhal tusk and the whale meat. 9 souvenirs you’d be surprised the U.S. government could confiscate 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z It sounds like a children’s nursery tale; a single whale roams the ocean calling out at a unique frequency, looking for friends but finding none. Adrian Grenier Says His Quest for the Lonely Whale is 'a Lot Like Moby Dick' 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The best hope lay with the Soviets clearing a channel, but the danger was that the ship would kill the whales. Drew Barrymore saves the whales and melts cold war ice in Big Miracle 2012-02-09T13:12:00Z SoCal Connected The effect of the drought on killer whales; Muslims who surf. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'The Middle' on ABC 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z On one hand, she is charmed that so many humans see themselves in a whale, and want him to find happiness. Leslie Jamison and the Anxiety of Authorship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z “Water streaming over his mouth. All day. Not quite a human. Almost like a dying whale. Full of sorrow. Like it was whispering the experience of its own slow death into your ear.” Review: ‘The Feast’ Plumbs the Depths of a Troubling Toilet 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Underwear, patterned with eagles or whales or the term “bowchickawowow,” suggests that anyone who might eventually see it wouldn’t be the discerning sort. 2010-02-04T01:59:00Z In the overall scale of suffering, though, the whales win. Television Review: Ric Burns Looks at the History of American Whaling 2010-05-09T22:27:00Z The ocean waters are a gathering spot for humpback whales, which migrate through the region during the same months. A BuzzFeed Founder’s Costa Rican Hideaway 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Beluga whales often enter in search of food. The Road to the Top of the World 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The results, achieved with cinematographer Claudio Miranda, are perhaps the best 3-D work since "Avatar," including a memorable flying fish scene and the glorious visuals of a whale surfacing in moonlight. For Ang Lee, all movies are a leap of faith 2012-11-19T22:31:05Z The drama will also bring to light the importance of whaling in the age before petroleum. BBC plans whaling drama based on tale that inspired Moby Dick 2013-04-08T15:02:30Z See whales, seals, birds, sharks during challenging boat excursion from San Francisco. At California’s wild Farallon Islands, meet nature on nature’s terms 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z How did you learn about a whale fall? A Choreographer Diving Into Grief Looks to Whales 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z The trip visits areas known for icebergs, orcas and humpback whales, glaciers and puffins, and costs $4,000 a person. 5 Hotels and 5 Tours for the Eco-Conscious Traveler 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Attaching such tags always presents challenges, like how to get them to stick and not interfere with water flow as a whale swims. The Ruthless Phronima, and Other Hidden Wonders of the Sea 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The National Marine Fisheries Service said it found evidence to indicate there are 14 distinct populations of humpback whales around the world. Most humpback whales removed from the endangered species list 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Up until 1650, well before it became a storied summer playground for European royalty, Biarritz was a significant whaling port on the Bay of Biscay. The French Side of Basque Country 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The whale now sports a bandage on one of its fins, like the ones health care workers are sticking on people’s arms after they get a shot. Whale of a time: NYC offers walk-up vaccinations for all 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z If it turns back and starts whaling again, we’ll continue filming.” ArtsBeat: 'Whale Wars' Waits on Japanese Government 2011-02-17T20:21:52Z The drawings at times reveal mishaps: broken tools and ropes, escaped whales and the untethered bodies of whales that sank. In Maritime Logbooks, a Trove of ‘Extraordinary’ Imagery 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z You might never have cracked Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick” and still use the phrase “great white whale” to mean an obsessive but elusive goal. Bright Young Things, Revisited: War Clouds a Childhood Idyll 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z In A Pickle involves dressing up, sheep shearing, grassy tables around which to sit, tiny boats to sail across water troughs, spouting whales, and a baby who must be found and returned to her parents. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-05-18T23:05:00Z Unlike Turner’s paintings, Melville’s “Moby-Dick; or, the Whale” is filled with enough detail to serve as a textbook on the whaling industry. In Turner Paintings at the Met, the Bloody Business of Whaling 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The birds, whales and grasses start to die; radiation increases as the magnetosphere undergoes irreversible change. The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker – review 2012-07-13T21:54:01Z The island’s economic history is one of boom, bust and exploitation: stripping stands of native sandalwood, whale hunting, diverting mountain streams to irrigate vast swaths of sugar cane and, later, pineapple. A Maui vacation in three acts 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Many scientists believe it is the only whale emitting that particular sound. Adrian Grenier Says His Quest for the Lonely Whale is 'a Lot Like Moby Dick' 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Rough seas cancelled boat launches that day, and we settled for scanning the horizon for the telltale blowhole sprays of humpback whales from the modern cliff-top Geosea spa just north of Husavik. Driving Iceland’s Overlooked North 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Wildlife tourism is a major attraction, with the May-September high season coinciding with the annual congregation of rare whale sharks, and an influx of flamingos, best spotted by kayak. Isla Holbox: could this be Mexico’s new Tulum? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z “Without the whale,” said Steve Oomittuk, the former mayor of the city and former vice president of the tribe, “we wouldn’t be who we are.” Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The whales typically favor baccarat - a game romanticized in James Bond flicks and highly popular in Macau and Singapore. Vegas casinos relying more on baccarat 2012-01-26T11:31:04Z No part of the whale goes to waste. Climate change is melting Arctic ice cellars 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Salt Spring Island is the largest of the southern Gulf Islands, which also include Galiano, home to restaurants like Pilgrimme, and secluded Saturna, where travelers can watch for orca whales from land. Summer’s Not Over Yet! 8 Ways to Extend Your Vacation 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z He arranged to show five minutes of his guga-hunting film in the hope of persuading islanders to let him document their globally condemned whale hunt. 'We were trying not to get hit by their tails' – how I filmed the Faroe whale hunt 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The CNN division has acquired and aired other films, such as “Blackfish,” an exposé about the treatment of captive killer whales. Why did CNN air a documentary about the band Chicago produced by band members? 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The Flit!” and a man in a polka-dot bathing suit emerges from the whale’s mouth to repel the attacker. Seussapalooza! The Magical Creations of the Man Behind The Lorax 2012-03-02T16:12:29Z Photograph: Idil Sukan It is not quite a whale of a tale, but the bright, young ensemble Simple8 live up to their name with this spare and atmospheric staging of Herman Melville's story. Moby-Dick – review 2013-04-09T16:32:14Z Hargrove's book accuses SeaWorld of not feeding its killer whales properly, and says the animals' captivity causes them to be damaged physically and psychologically. SeaWorld responds strongly to ex-trainer's critical book 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z That eagerness to appease could explain Donald Sutherland’s performance as Father Mapple, the preacher who delivers his homily about Jonah and the whale from a pulpit shaped like a ship’s prow. Television Review: Ahab Has a Wife and a Heart. Oh, and a Whale. 2011-07-31T22:18:03Z A meditation on isolation, the installation features the song of a whale that has been called “the loneliest whale in the world” because of its peculiar vocalizations. For High-End Galleries, It’s a Season of Upended Exhibitions 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z The whaleship, having come upon sperm whales thousands of miles from land, set about harpooning the pod. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z But even though Pai is the sole heir of her grandfather, the chief, he won’t allow her to assume his role and the title of whale rider because tradition demands a male successor. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Therefore, it’s quite possible that without whaling I wouldn’t exist. My ancestors, the cannibals: Whaling, human sacrifice and the true story of “Moby-Dick” 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z A killer whale performing in a marine park, from Blackfish. Blackfish – review 2013-07-25T21:45:00Z The lawsuit began in July 2015, two months after the National Marine Fisheries Service recognized whales such as Lolita as an endangered species. Captive orca Lolita can stay at Miami aquarium: U.S. appeals court 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z We listened between watching a mother and calf nearby and another whale breaching repeatedly in the distance, beating the water into a frothy white. A Maui vacation in three acts 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Recently Brooks, 50, spoke about the solitary life of an artist during the pandemic, the Black body, whales and, somehow, the point of it all: that in decomposition, there is life. A Choreographer Diving Into Grief Looks to Whales 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Cameron, never shy, puts at the center of his inquiry himself and his just-rereleased 1997 fictional blockbuster “Titanic,” the great whale all other Titanic stories pursue and measure themselves against. Critic?s Notebook: TV Documentaries for the Titanic?s Centennial 2012-04-04T22:10:23Z Furniture was moved into the now-empty former cafe that would serve as the party venue; tasks were assigned, which brings us to the whale butchering. Frugal Traveler Blog: Partying Above the Arctic Circle 2012-07-10T20:39:47Z After Christmas Eve's coffee, cake, and caroling, everyone receives a special delicacy: whale blubber. Holiday Traditions Around The World 2010-12-17T19:30:33Z Mr. Lutz said that tourism has helped the Galápagos thrive: in past decades and centuries, pirates and whaling ships exploited the islands, especially by stealing its wildlife. Is Land Tourism Threatening the Galápagos? 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The plot of the film was reportedly changed after the documentary Blackfish brought to light the way killer whales are treated at SeaWorld. Finding Dory Will Reportedly Take Place at a Marine Institute 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Krause cites a study that found killer whales, for instance, will alter their vocalizations to accommodate the presence of boat noise. The Man Who Listens to Animals 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z In 2002, Whale Rider evoked the creation myth of the Maori, which says they arrived in New Zealand on the backs of whales. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z For whales, it's to find each other in the ocean. Laurie Anderson: music for dogs and Obama 2013-02-13T20:00:01Z “If ever the world is to be again flooded, like the Netherlands, to kill off its rats,” Melville mused, “then the eternal whale will still survive, and … spout his frothed defiance to the skies.” Melville’s Whale Was a Warning We Failed to Heed 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z I suppose for that, the film’s true star, the whale, should be grateful. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z The next tune up, on the bass sax again, was dedicated to a whale whose song is several hertz off-key, which apparently spells disastrous isolation for an ocean-bound mammal. ArtsBeat: Winter Jazzfest: Colin Stetson - Saxophone Whiz Inspired by a Whale 2013-01-13T09:16:43Z Get too close to a whale, he warned, and the song can actually shake the kayak. A Maui vacation in three acts 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The Japanese government is adamant that whaling and dolphin hunts must continue for research and cultural purposes. 'Cove' director defiant of base ban, harassment 2010-04-22T06:37:00Z This winter promises to be a wet one at the multiplex between "The Finest Hours," which opens Jan. 29, and Ron Howard's whaling thriller "In the Heart of the Sea," which opens Dec. 11. 'The Finest Hours' trailer: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck weather a killer storm 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Each year, from May to October, it swells with tourists hoping to glimpse the baleen whales that gather to gorge on the krill that thrive at this aquatic intersection. Visit the Quebecois Beaver 2010-08-12T16:40:00Z In fact it's all beautiful – the singing humpback whales, the rutting bison, the psychedelic dragonflies doing whatever it is dragonflies do. Natural World: The Mating Game – review 2013-07-20T05:59:03Z George Steiner, writing in the New Yorker magazine, was among those critics who saw in Mr. Pirsig’s disquisition on motorcycle maintenance parallels with Melville’s explanations of whaling. Robert M. Pirsig, best-selling author of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,’ dies at 88 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z “The story isn’t about is finding this whale, it’s about how this whale has already found us.” Adrian Grenier Says His Quest for the Lonely Whale is 'a Lot Like Moby Dick' 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z So far, the death toll is 82, with just one of the rare whales found alive. More than 80 false killer whales die in Florida stranding 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Leonard’s sculpture, a ghostly heap of hollow clay forms resembling sperm whale teeth, is a tribute to that history. At the Met, Protest and Poetry About Water 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z It’s also home to 250 species of fish, 170 types of seabirds, 38 mammals and four species of whales. Seattle summer staycation: 3 day trips to take from the Seattle waterfront 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z He also captured the cacophony of the Amazon, and whales off Alaska and Hawaii. Listen to ‘The Great Animal Orchestra’ 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Other signs of mental distress, like severe tooth and stomach problems caused by the whales gnawing on their enclosures, are described. Movie Review: ‘Blackfish,’ a Documentary, Looks Critically at SeaWorld 2013-07-18T21:04:41Z "The Offer," which confuses a baring-it-all origin story with a botched whale flensing, does not substantively change that. As "Godfather" origin stories go, "The Offer" is so bad it's criminal 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z The whale clamped down, dragged him underwater while smashing the boat with his fluke — immediately killing the boat steerer — then freed Wood, who bled heavily from his groin into the frothy water. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z All year, the village looks forward to spring whaling, when crews of men thread through leads in the sea ice, quietly paddling in seal-skin boats, looking for smooth black shapes rising out of the water. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Look closely and you'll see the tail of a breaching whale. Review: Painter chases Seattle's buildup, tearing down 2010-05-20T21:13:00Z "Even if some country thinks that whales are special or sacred, as long as whales are sustainably utilized that view should not be forced on others," Morishita said. Japan shrugs off embarrassing court loss, vows resumption of Antarctic whaling 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z One day in April 1983, Mayo was working a whale-watching boat in Cape Cod Bay when he saw a few right whales swimming nearby. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z As we neared the shoreline, we saw several sailboats tossed up like beached whales. The U.S. Virgin Islands clean up for the holidays 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z It may be the only studio in the world where artists’ wet boots share space with artfully-arranged walrus skulls and whale baleen. Making Art on Top of the World 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z When Stubb is given his whale steak, he eats it by the light of lanterns filled sperm whale oil. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Last year, there were 17 confirmed deaths of right whales in Canada and the United States. This species of whale was close to disappearing a century ago. They’re fading once again. 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z In January of last year, Tilikum the orca whale, the embattled SeaWorld resident and subject of “Blackfish,” passed away at the age of approximately 36 years old. SeaWorld settles federal charges related to covering up “negative impact” of documentary 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z If not quite in the category of collector “whales,” Hampton Carney, a 43-year-old Red Bar fan, is as good a representative of contemporary collector aficionados as any. For Luxury Watch Buyers, One Just Isn’t Enough 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z One of a handful of Greek novels that were passed down to us, True History reads like a 1920s science fiction story from a pulp magazine, featuring aliens, interplanetary war, and a truly humongous whale. Dan Vyleta's top 10 books in second languages 2011-02-16T12:01:20Z The Mexican artist Orozco is known for many kinds of work: drawings on skulls and whale skeletons, moulded clay hearts, his photographic series and games with objects. 2013 visual art preview: Manet's portraits and Lowry reappraised 2012-12-30T19:45:02Z If you were around in 1988, do you remember what you were doing when news broke about the outcome of a crisis in Barrow, Alaska, involving three gray whales? 'Big Miracle': Breathing life into tale of three trapped whales 2012-02-02T21:07:06Z This novel about a 19th-century whaling expedition is as gory as Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd,” as darkly melodramatic as a classic Jacobean drama. The Top Books of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z After 15 minutes we arrive at a strait of wavy ocean; a whale hot spot, according to the driver. The magic factor to a solo Colombia adventure: Turtle power 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But the moratorium on hunting whales has reversed declines in the population and as their numbers have climbed, the males’ songs have dropped—by over 30 percent in pitch the past four decades. Sex in the sea: What we can learn from underwater orgies, beach sand bondage and kinky lobster courtship 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z In Season 4 we’ll see how the producers and editors deal with partial success, after a whaling season in which the Japanese suspended operations early and headed home well short of their quotas. Critic?s Notebook: No Need to Settle for Summer Reruns 2011-06-02T21:45:20Z “Lonely whale has that kind of adventure, I suppose,” he says. Adrian Grenier Says His Quest for the Lonely Whale is 'a Lot Like Moby Dick' 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The sound and fury of engines replaced the old music of the oceans, with whales in small numbers at the margins, or in greatly shrunken sound worlds. The Sea Inside by Philip Hoare – review 2013-05-30T06:30:01Z “The blue whale,” he says, intensely, as we watch one swim. “Hostile Planet”: Animals Are Struggling to Adapt, and National Geographic Is, Too 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The whale we meet on page one of the historical fiction novel is helpless and close to death, washed up on the shore of a Danish-Norwegian island called Vardø. Review | In ‘The Mercies,’ a deadly storm isn’t the only danger for a Scandinavian community 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z The Angelenos all start jiving and doing their version of a whale dance. In Mexico’s Magdalena Bay, humans and whales meet up 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z To his surprise, Attenborough wrote back, calling the science of whales capturing and storing carbon — and quantifying their value — a “most potent and valuable revelation.” An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Han and Mihalyo made both the ceramic cargo containers and plaster whale/container ship combo. Lead Pencil Studio’s ‘transit’ at Wing Luke: basement findings 2014-04-10T20:57:42Z “The whale was the future, the present and the past, all in one; the destiny of man as much as the destiny of another species.” How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z By the end of last June, Tonya Wimmer was getting tired of sending out emails about dead whales in the gulf. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z He takes a bath with his Spider-Man and a toy killer whale. Motherlode Blog: A Superhero Who Looks Like My Son 2013-06-13T15:42:32Z Marven also looks at other wildlife – on land there are bears, snakes and condors – and he meets scientists and whale watchers, worshippers and hunters. TV highlights 12/03/2013 2013-03-12T07:00:16Z You’re not allowed to nominate a wild or zoo animal, though Ms. Watts once made an exception — who wouldn’t? — for Takara, a killer whale that meant the world to a cancer patient. The Dog of the Day Site? I’m Obsessed, and Here’s Why 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Or Inupiat Eskimos, whose close relationship to whales includes hunting them. Movie Review: ?Big Miracle,? With Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski 2012-02-03T01:26:43Z The bubbles trap small fish like herring and push them upward, giving the whales a feast. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 4-10 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z From their position, Joe could see that some of the lines at the back of the whale weren’t cinched tight, which would give him some space to make a cut. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z What about a gliding whale or misty waterfall? ‘Tallest Tree House’ illustrator creates artwork that’s 3-D 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Three days after the whales were released a friend rang Lowry to say the gray whales were in Prince William Sound, heading south. Drew Barrymore saves the whales and melts cold war ice in Big Miracle 2012-02-09T13:12:00Z Before Christian missionaries came, bodies of dead whaling captains were laid out above ground on whale bone scaffolds. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Traveling out here, where huge bones from bowhead whales litter the beach, takes a 90-minute jet ride north from Anchorage and another hour by small plane over the Bering Sea. In Alaska’s Far-Flung Villages, Happiness Is a Cake Mix 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Cindy Lowry, a Greenpeace representative in Anchorage, read in a local paper that three young gray whales were stranded near America's northernmost city, Barrow. Drew Barrymore saves the whales and melts cold war ice in Big Miracle 2012-02-09T13:12:00Z He spends his days going through logbooks, the now brittle and ink-smudged paper trail that whaling captains and crew left behind centuries ago. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z A huge humpback whale washing up on the beach early Saturday morning. Motherlode: Motherlode, and Vacation 2011-07-28T15:46:31Z The first skeleton has legs, a tail; it dates back 50 million years, it's the size of a wolf, an early descendent of the whale. Building Field Museum's beasts a giant undertaking 2011-05-17T00:27:00Z Upon arrival, guests will find countless activities and plenty of nearby attractions: whale and bird watching, hiking, canopy tours, and rafting, to name a few. Alta Gracia, Costa Rica’s newest luxe resort 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z We climb steadily through a ghostly bubble of weather, which thins fleetingly to reveal the auburn shoulders of ridges looming in the distance, like whales lolling through the mist. In the Colorado Rockies, going to extremes with legendary skier Chris Davenport 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Eba helps orca researchers study the whales by tracking down their feces floating on the water. Rescue dog helps scientists save orcas — by sniffing out their feces 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Clark Lane, a captain of one of the whaling crews, is also the vice president of the Point Hope village corporation, called Tikigaq. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z July to October is “whale season” during which cavorting whales and their offspring are visible from the shore. Why the Cook Islands are the best South Pacific bargain 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z We walk back along the beach, stopping occasionally to point out whale squirts in the distance. The magic factor to a solo Colombia adventure: Turtle power 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z I don’t know if I can connect to a man chasing a whale when I’ve never seen a whale,” he said. How a kid who didn’t read a book until he was 17 grew up to become a literary star 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z And here,” he pointed to the bottom, “a man driving the harpoon into the whale’s mouth.” Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z “When I first learned to scuba dive, my instructor advised me to not look for whales, but to focus on the small but remarkable facets of the reef,” golf writer Brian McCallen told me. A wee bit of Scottish golf on Oregon’s coast 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z And now it advanced in our direction like the gaping maw of a whale, blocking out the sun. Twister tales: stormchasing in Tornado Alley, Oklahoma 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Then, on cue, their helical contraptions sank to the ground, revealing Mr. Browne's short-pants suits in Easter-egg plaids, with whale and lobster motifs. On the Runway Blog: Paris Men's: Lanvin and Thom Browne 2012-07-01T22:54:48Z It encompassed jewels suggesting the sinuous source of the Nile, glacier-blue chalcedony penguins, a whale spouting a diamond “spray” and diamond-encrusted polar bears. Jewelry With Stories to Tell 2010-07-12T11:20:00Z Currently working on several short documentaries on the mainland, he plans to return to the Azores for another feature, possibly involving whaling. Gonçalo Tocha’s ‘It’s the Earth Not the Moon’ Looks at Corvo 2012-07-11T22:42:05Z “We get a lot of kids in summer vacations. If you tell them on the boat that ‘this is the whale we ate last night,’ they’d cry,” he said. In Japan, the business of watching whales is far larger than... 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z If approached by a whale, ships are also required to “put the engine in neutral and allow the whale to pass.” Investigation launched after Holland America cruise ship appears to just miss pod of humpback whales 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z It’s no coincidence that Leviathan, the sperm whale, is Melville’s chosen vehicle. Melville’s Whale Was a Warning We Failed to Heed 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z In September, there were almost 400 pilot whales that beached themselves off the coast of Tasmania. A Choreographer Diving Into Grief Looks to Whales 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z A whale necropsy involves a crew of 30 or more. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The opening scenes gloriously recreate the New England island of Nantucket, where modern whaling began and where Melville, played by Whishaw, is told the story of the Essex by a surviving crewman. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Painful to witness, but worse for the whale. Theo's Adventure Capitalists, Luther and The Story of Science 2010-05-12T07:00:00Z In the movie Donny the doberman doesn't get a part, the whales are puppets and the love interest is strictly between humans. Drew Barrymore saves the whales and melts cold war ice in Big Miracle 2012-02-09T13:12:00Z The protests were so heated and invasive, Felleman said, that it further galvanized the tribe to pursue whaling rights. Court: Sea Shepherd anti-whaling protesters are pirates 2013-02-27T13:57:55Z In my initial foray into books about the dangers of the Yankee Whale Fishery, I found a pretty standard account of whalemen entering a whale’s mouth and then quickly being spit out. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z "You can still smell the rectum of a whale in the most expensive of perfumes," says Simon. TV review: Sperm Whale: Inside Nature's Giants 2011-08-07T21:29:01Z I’ve chosen his outfit because online reviews said the boat captains respect the whales. In Mexico’s Magdalena Bay, humans and whales meet up 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The sperm whale is a relatively normal looking creature, however. The Natural History Museum's wonders of The Deep 2010-05-15T23:08:00Z Like the earlier explorers, Jarvis and crew faced down tremendous waves, storms, cold, and icy winds before crossing South Georgia's glaciers on foot to the old whaling station. 11 facts about Sir Ernest Shackleton 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z There, a dry-erase board recorded 15 whale sightings that day, compared with 25 on Monday. Fun day trips await across the Golden Gate Bridge in Northern California 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z It's 38 feet long, and the bruise marks that were found on its body suggest that it was escaping a killer whale, Clendon said. Building Field Museum's beasts a giant undertaking 2011-05-17T00:27:00Z We studied the menu and pointed to the puffin and mink whale appetizers, Icelandic delicacies. Cultured Traveler: The Lights and Nights of Reykjavik 2013-01-18T18:26:55Z At the heart of Starship UK is a dark secret: the whole thing is powered by a "star whale", tethered and screaming in pain. Doctor Who and A Passionate Woman 2010-04-12T05:45:00Z Last week SeaWorld said it will nearly double the size of its San Diego killer whale tank and expand similar enclosures in Florida and Texas amid the criticism. 'Jackass' star could face charges for SeaWorld sign prank 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The Iñupiat called the little whale Bone because its head had been rubbed raw as it tried to push through the ice. Drew Barrymore saves the whales and melts cold war ice in Big Miracle 2012-02-09T13:12:00Z A nice city, but it's neat patches of parkland and grey high-rises are no match for breaching whales, phosphorescent fish and crouching tigers, or the sight if Pi, howling like Job into stormy skies. Life of Pi – review 2012-09-30T12:56:33Z The exhibition is, of course, about hidden ocean wonders, but it features more than the usual suspects of blue whales and frighteningly enlarged microscopic plankton. The Ruthless Phronima, and Other Hidden Wonders of the Sea 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z I couldn’t really find an answer as to why they beach themselves, but I found the phenomenon of the whale fall. A Choreographer Diving Into Grief Looks to Whales 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z W is a blue ghost, changeable as water, or whales. Confessions of a synesthete: What it's like experiencing the alphabet in full color 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z United by a beached whale calf, they fall into a quick-blooming friendship that helps each of them recover from past losses and face down new ones. ‘Islander’ Review: Two Young Women Lost and Found at Sea 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Olmsted recorded whale carcasses amid choppy waves; weapons used in hunting expeditions; costumes worn by islanders; and encounters with icebergs, snow, hail and gales. In Maritime Logbooks, a Trove of ‘Extraordinary’ Imagery 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z For instance, the whale suit she dons to show the male half of that species in midreproduction leaves nothing to the imagination in terms of the animal’s appendages. Relishing the Part of a Dog?s Best Friend 2011-04-21T13:56:58Z A Hawaii fishermen’s group that petitioned for removing whales from the list three years ago said it was happy with the decision. Most humpback whales removed from the endangered species list 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z But there are also attractive exceptions such as "Whale Music", in which Motion offers us a whale's eye view in a poem of marvellous gravity and caprice. The Customs House by Andrew Motion – review 2012-11-25T00:05:29Z So, some things that The Fall is not: a sitcom, a musical, a cooking show presented by men in distressed leather moccasins, a panel quiz, a thing about whales, a police procedural. The Fall is one of the best BBC dramas in years 2013-05-11T05:00:00Z They show the tiniest lemur in the world and the largest whale, filling the frame, and one's imagination, as it heaves through the ocean. Sebastião Salgado: Genesis – review 2013-04-13T23:06:24Z He also said the footage must be edited to remove some of the special effects and visuals, particularly images of whales, polar bears, a "cute little girl" and other "flora and fauna." 2 Jackson autopsy photos can be shown at trial 2011-04-21T18:16:09Z Canadian novelist Michael Crummey completes the shortlist with Galore, in which a modern-day Jonah is discovered alive inside a whale. Impac prize shortlist dominated by three-strong Irish contingent 2011-04-12T12:03:59Z Season 2 prominently featured harpooning, rendering and rivers of whale blood. Television: On the High Seas, a Mix of Danger and Bumbling High Jinks 2010-08-26T22:23:00Z By 1930, 50,000 whales were being killed annually, and in the postwar years, whale oil was a cheap filler, used in everything from margarine to ice cream, fertilizer to soap. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z On Saturday night, plenty of the audience were having a whale of a time at Spymonkey's gleeful mistelling of Herman Melville's epic novel. Moby Dick 2010-04-26T20:30:00Z He also took me all kinds of places I wouldn’t otherwise have found, like a whale meat restaurant and a bear meat restaurant. Frugal Traveler: A Budget Travel Pioneer on a Time When $5 a Day Was Real (Frugal) Money 2010-10-27T15:23:00Z The annual Grindadráp whaling season in the Faroe Islands typically takes place between June and September. The most frequently asked travel questions answered 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Sunlight feeds algae, which feeds krill, which feeds bowhead whales, which feed a Tikigagmiut village or a Massachusetts fortune. A View of the Bering Strait That’s Anything but Narrow 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z The real mystery here is not some white whale but Franny herself, with much of the novel’s suspense driven by the patchiness of her testimony. ‘The Animals Are Dying. Soon We Will Be Alone Here.’ 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z The whale would have ended as foul-smelling excrement leaving Stubb, hunched over the precarious head at the bow of the Pequod. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Though the waters were too rough during our visit, this is one of many spots on the Sri Lankan coast where a boat trip promises sightings of blue whales. With civil war and a tsunami behind it, Sri Lanka’s east coast is opening up to tourism 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z On the largest of them, Chacachacare, glimpse a tall lighthouse, along with remnants of sundry incarnations: cotton plantation, whaling station, leper colony and, during World War Two, a United States Marine base. The Caribbean ?roundup: In the Caribbean, Away From the Crowds 2011-11-11T19:50:00Z But a self-proclaimed missionary to whales interrupts his attempted suicide. ‘Fiendish Schemes’: a wild and whimsical steampunk sequel 2013-12-11T18:47:31Z Terrifying raids might occur at any moment, with “armed men in vans snaking like killer whales through the streets, taking people away to god knows where.” In ‘Thrust,’ Talking Animals and Others Take Aim at Humanity’s Cruelty 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z They just want to improve their game, to land the white whale that is the perfect brisket. What are they smoking? At a Texas barbecue camp, it’s gotta be brisket. 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z In the 1980s the International Whaling Commission made the conservation, rather then their exploitation of whales, its primary goal. The Sea Inside by Philip Hoare – review 2013-05-30T06:30:01Z “It’s a whale of a tale, told clearly and quickly. I read the entire book in almost one sitting.” 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Two of those whales were reportedly scheduled for public display at a new aquarium in Sochi, but that plan was postponed. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z “Bad news for today: the whales are far-off,” Tom Gelderblom, the director of Hermanus Whale Cruises, announced before we even boarded. In South Africa, Whale Watching Is a Waiting Game (With Penguins) 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z “We've got glacier hikes, midnight sun, and whales in the summer and ice caves and Northern Lights in winter. Both are an amazing time.” Iceland and other destinations are opening to Americans, but should you go? 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z He dives into shark-infested waters, sees baby sea turtles and whales, and looks for evidence of how climate change is affecting a delicate ecosystem. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Waco’ and ‘The Goldbergs’ 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z "Frozen Planet": features killer whales in the Ross Sea in Antarctica. Television Review: ?Frozen Planet? on the Discovery Channel 2012-03-17T00:13:08Z Apparently, the beloved pet really enjoyed meeting a whale shark for the first time. Dog kisses shark during boat trip off the coast of Australia 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z “I had a big stick, and I was banging on the box, really whaling on it. So he wasn’t just plopped on his feet. Because I wanted him to be alighting down to the ground.” Charles Ray Is Pushing Sculpture to Its Limit 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The plight of livestock animals has been compared to Holocaust victims; captive whales at SeaWorld have been likened to chattel slaves. A Black Legacy, Wrapped Up in Fur 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The book’s marine angle, initially anyway, is a beached whale that Dürer traveled to see but never saw; perfectly indicative of the strange, seemingly spare ingredients that Hoare likes to turn into feasts. A Wide-Roaming and Personal Meditation on Dürer and His Art 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Justin and Crystal Reynolds shared their first dance as husband and wife almost three years ago surrounded by friends, family, manta rays and whale sharks. Why Go to the Chapel or City Hall When You Can Say ‘I Do’ Like Aquaman? 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z But one hot afternoon in July, no one stops to ask Sullivan about the whale. The panhandler’s lament: In an increasingly cashless world, fewer have a dime to spare 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z One buddy even made her a makeshift Oscar — a piece of wood spray-painted gold with a papier-mâché whale glued on top — that she keeps on her kitchen counter. ‘Blackfish’s’ director finds it hard to move on 2014-03-20T17:38:26Z The track became a white whale for her: She just couldn’t put it down. How Robyn, Pop’s Glittery Rebel, Danced Her Way Back From Darkness 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The crew spotted a bull sperm whale and lowered the boats to give chase. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Alongside the blank verse and stream of consciousness lyrics were doodles: pictures of whales, 70s glam-rock stars, 1920s decadent figures – all of my obsessions. Philip Hoare: a life in writing 2013-06-21T15:37:01Z He begins in the desert of Baja, Mexico, and is soon in a boat in the waters where the whales gather, finding a friendly and playful mother and calf. TV highlights 12/03/2013 2013-03-12T07:00:16Z But the government warns pregnant women against eating whale and dolphin meat because of the toxins. 'The Cove' director fights Japan scientist lawsuit 2010-12-08T13:16:00Z That plot can hardly be summarized, let alone spoiled; it’s a shaggy whale story designed to defy all logic but a dream’s. Review: A ‘Nantucket Sleigh Ride’ with Frozen Disney and Hot Lobster 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z From there he lunged a knee on the kid’s torso, and whaled on his face until his mask popped off. No, white people, you still can’t say the N-word: That word belongs to black people and our culture now — not yours 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Favorite memento or memory: Swimming with humpback whales was an unforgettable experience. Enchantment under the sea — with whales — in Tahiti 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z But it's not all macho posturing: the plaintive cries of a young whale abandoned by her mum to fend for herself will break your heart. BBC Proms 2010-07-23T05:44:00Z An NBC crew with a helicopter took her to see the whales, about 12 miles away . Drew Barrymore saves the whales and melts cold war ice in Big Miracle 2012-02-09T13:12:00Z Barely six inches long, the engraved bone shows a densely crosshatched whale surrounded by distressed sailors as it destroys their whaler. If These Beautiful Ornaments Could Speak 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z This was not the case, as we only saw four whales during entire trip. Enchantment under the sea — with whales — in Tahiti 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The composition in the group image evokes shipwrecks, but more than anything, the sailors look like a whaling crew, pulling at the flayed blubber of their giant prey. Beauty in the Aftermath 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z Instead of the whale teeth and walrus tusks that 19th-century sailors once etched, he uses a contemporary, dispiritingly abundant, analog: discarded plastics. Duke Riley: Grand Master Trash 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z On the west side of San Juan Island, the bay edges Haro Strait, home turf for the three southern-resident orca pods that have become a favorite of whale watchers who come from around the world. Worth the trip: Spy San Juan whales and sample what’s new 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z During the 19th century, travelers on whaling ships used art to record dramatic and sometimes gory events. In Maritime Logbooks, a Trove of ‘Extraordinary’ Imagery 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But she spoke happily of a role that took her far from her comfort zone — and that brought her up close with trained whales, an idea she initially found upsetting. ‘Rust and Bone’ brings Marion Cotillard face to face with orcas 2013-01-02T21:46:23Z There is no documented case of a killer whale ever killing anybody in the wild. SeaWorld denies 'misleading' claims in Sundance killer whale doc Blackfish 2013-07-19T17:12:09Z If the female whales are not getting enough food, they would be unable to reproduce, she said. Experts meet in Hawaii to understand decline of humpback whales 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Scientists hope that means they may see a baby whale in the future. This species of whale was close to disappearing a century ago. They’re fading once again. 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z She lives with her mother, and they share a freezer full of wild foods: caribou, walrus, seal, whitefish, duck, seal liver and whale, mostly supplied by family. Finding Produce in Alaska’s Long Winter Takes Wiles and Luck 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Japan decries Sea Shepherd as a terrorist group that risks lives through tactics used to obstruct the whaling fleet. Japanese whaling ship, protesters' boats collide 2013-02-20T17:51:47Z In Alaska's vast North Slope Borough, most of the 9,700 residents are Iñupiat, and while bowheads are not an endangered whale species, they do face environmental and human-caused threats to their ongoing recovery. Climate change is melting Arctic ice cellars 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z No one likes it, not even Rachel, who points out the Russians have a terrible track record where whaling is concerned. Big Miracle: A Slice of 80s Nostalgia, With a Side of Whale 2012-02-02T17:37:40Z Warm summers and mild winters produce subtropical and alpine flora, while the temperate ocean waters, heated by the Gulf Stream, allow for potential sightings of whales, dolphins, seals and turtles. A New, and Historic, Hike in Ireland 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z It is carrying a cargo of 1,700 tons of fin whale meat. Pamela Anderson Pens Letter to Vladimir Putin Over Whale Trade 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Luckily, I found it with a king penguin, a hyena, a humpback whale and a wolf. Cutting the Cord: What Parents and Teenagers Need to Know 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Humpback whales pass close to the waters of Mompiche from May through August. Hidden Gems on Ecuador’s Emerald Coast 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Options for family activities include coastal hikes, movie nights at the pool and whale watching tours. These Resorts Will Make Your Next Family Reunion Memorable 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z This script dignifies Pip, offers the whale’s point of view and, most startling of all, invents scenes for Captain Ahab’s wife, who is only fleetingly mentioned in the novel and never named. Television Review: Ahab Has a Wife and a Heart. Oh, and a Whale. 2011-07-31T22:18:03Z These whales, which are in fact a species of dolphin, organize along matriarchal lines and speak in distinctive dialects. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z An examination of the issues surrounding indigenous whaling, brought into the public spotlight when the Makah tribe of Washington and the Nuu-Chah-Nulth nation of British Columbia decided to resume whale hunting. Local books: a book devoted to 'the people's artist of the Northwest'; indigenous whaling; an Appalachian Trail memoir 2010-09-20T20:18:00Z There was also Click Effect, an immersive dive into the depths to see how dolphins and whales communicate. Virtual Reality: the immersive film-making wowing Sundance 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z A translation reads, “On Thursday, we transport the two killer whales in bathtubs weighing 33.5 tons in Sochi dolphin J All the Olympics!” Orcas: Amazing athletes, but they don’t belong at the Olympics 2014-02-07T13:30:00Z But he spent his career in the lofty circles of artists like Benjamin West and Thomas Sully and assorted shipping and whaling tycoons. Antiques: Back When Theater Was Simply Unrolled 2010-12-02T22:24:00Z You’re more likely to spy sharks than whales in these waters, but I saw neither: just hordes of surfers and families heralding the first proper summery day in months. In South Africa, Whale Watching Is a Waiting Game (With Penguins) 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z A killer whale named Tilikum grabbed her and dragged underwater violently as horrified guests watched. APNewsBreak: Lower fine for whale trainer's death 2012-05-30T21:44:11Z When they see a whale surfacing to breathe, they will chase it if they are close enough. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z As even Bekhechi would agree, the fate of SeaWorld’s last two dozen killer whales, pathological and psychotic as they well may be, is a footnote to the larger ethical and moral issues here. The SeaWorld sea change: Will the marine park’s about-face signal a shift in how we think about animal captivity? 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Until four years ago, cleaning the whale was a much more involved process, requiring scaffolding all around the leviathan and taking a full week. Nemesis of New York museum's 21,000-pound blue whale: dust bunnies 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Making Scrimshaw a Sea Companion Sailors on 19th-century whale ships faced oppressive boredom, interrupted by occasional life-threatening storms and hunting expeditions. Antiques: Scrimshaw in New Book From New Bedford Whaling Museum 2013-01-10T21:54:56Z There you can watch sea lions come to shore and catch a glimpse of migrating humpback whales. Summer Travel 2014: Escape From Your Business Trip 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z The next morning, everything spangles with light – the grasses and swaying trees; the single cloud that floats above the lake like a tiny whale. A mountain of happy memories in British Columbia 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z But it seems like the best option, and if Kelly blocks it, Rachel says “I’m going to tell them that Ronald Reagan killed those whales.” Big Miracle: A Slice of 80s Nostalgia, With a Side of Whale 2012-02-02T17:37:40Z At the show's centre is a real sperm whale skeleton on display for the first time. The Natural History Museum's wonders of The Deep 2010-05-15T23:08:00Z Then came the main courses: grilled whale steak, cooked medium and plenty juicy, if not all that flavorful; and a stew of salt cod fished and dried in Lofoten. Frugal Traveler Blog: Partying Above the Arctic Circle 2012-07-10T20:39:47Z I wanted to do a multi-species whale story, but over that decade, between that and "Secrets of the Whales," the challenge was to find the narrative. Uncovering the "Secrets of the Whales," from beluga baby names to fascinating seafood preferences 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z You sense that the whale, at one point a land mammal, is somewhere inside of Brooks’s magnetic form. A Choreographer Diving Into Grief Looks to Whales 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z From whale watching trips in the Pacific Northwest to untouched shorelines in North Carolina, America's most scenic islands provide worthwhile alternatives to pricey tropical resorts. America's Island Paradises 2010-07-12T22:00:00Z It’s the perfect place to reflect on wildlife: This is one of the best spots in the Seattle area to see whales and other marine life. Forget the bridge — ditch the car and explore West Seattle on foot 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The waters of the Hebridean archipelago off Scotland’s west coast are incredibly cetacean-rich; a quarter of the world’s whale and dolphin species have been recorded here. On the whale trail: sealife spotting in the Outer Hebrides 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z “The experience is 100 percent on the whales’ terms,” Ms. Smytheman said. Swimming With the Whales in Australia 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The last spotting of the whale, dubbed Benny the Beluga by the British media, was on Dec. 12 east of Gravesend, said a spokesman for the Port of London Authority which oversees the river. 'Benny the Beluga' facing Christmas in the Thames far from home 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z But lots of people walk or hop on art cars — vehicles that are transformed into the wildest creations like giant whales, submarines, fire-blowing dragons. Q&A: Don’t Miss the Tiki Bar at Burning Man 2012-08-03T16:44:37Z Visit the Musa underwater sculpture, swim alongside whale sharks or dolphins or simply chill on one of the island’s northern or western beaches, such as wonderful Playa Norte. Best beaches in Mexico: readers’ travel tips 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z One night it sounded more like muffled whale song. Perspective | A rabies scare gave me a crash course in how to stay sane 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z The finest sequence is one in which Chase and members of the crew, packed into a small, tipsy-looking whaleboat, circle and kill their first whale. Review: 'In the Heart of the Sea' Is a Classic Man-vs.-Nature Story 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z SUN Music, water play, food and craft vendors, information from whale biologists, 1 p.m. Community calendar 2012-07-25T17:48:06Z It is also illegal to kill fin whales and to engage in the trade of endangered species. Pamela Anderson Pens Letter to Vladimir Putin Over Whale Trade 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z It had never happened before, in the recorded history of American whaling, where a whale had attacked a ship. The true-life tale that inspired ‘Moby-Dick,’ and a new movie by Ron Howard 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z A helicopter camera crew did eventually locate some humpback whales, which near the hour’s end obliged with impressive breaching. Review: ‘Big Blue Live’ Searches for Marine Life 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z You are in the belly of the whale, considering its rib cage. The newly opened $4-billion World Trade Center transit hub is overwrought and underwhelming 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z As for Sullivan, the “whale man” wouldn’t deploy his smartphone in the course of panhandling. The panhandler’s lament: In an increasingly cashless world, fewer have a dime to spare 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z If the whaling ships sank the protest boats? Japanese whaling ship, protesters' boats collide 2013-02-20T17:51:47Z “It’s not normal for us. But nature decides where the whales will be, not me. Only what nature going to offer us today, we’re going to accept.” In South Africa, Whale Watching Is a Waiting Game (With Penguins) 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Scholars are uncertain whether Herman Melville ever saw Turner’s whaling pictures, but he knew about them. In Turner Paintings at the Met, the Bloody Business of Whaling 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z He works at the end of a nook hidden behind bookshelves lined with whaling logbooks. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z But off Kanaka Bay last summer, L pod whales – Lolita’s pod — including Lolita’s mother, spent days chatting and milling and munching on Chinook. And they always stayed together. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z Though I don’t like to think about these things too much as I write, I sensed the whale as being somehow connected to the girl’s grief—this great, wild thing inside her. This Week in Fiction: Victor Lodato on the Short Story as a Fling 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Add the figure of a mysteriously lurking, seemingly empathetic, possibly ailing whale, and the story might sound as deep and daunting as the Mariana Trench. Review | ‘Swimming With Whales’ explores deep feelings at 1st Stage 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z “You don’t just see one type of whale here, you see lots of them,” she said. In Japan, the business of watching whales is far larger than... 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Once a diminished whaling town, Nantucket, Mass., salvaged its future by transforming itself into a vacation destination for New England’s elite. For Cyber Monday, Hotel Deals With an American Accent 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z I work in a beautiful location and watch whales and dolphins while I work all summer. 'I live with a tribe in Brazil': readers on ditching the corporate life for the wild 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z And that left me in a difficult position trying to explain myself to my friends who had a whale of a time. Why the quality of Sex and the City 2 makes little difference to its fans 2010-06-04T16:36:00Z A century before that, this was the capital of the global whaling industry, where liquid spermaceti wax was harvested from the skulls of the leviathans, for processing into candles and lamp oil. A whale of a time: a Moby-Dick marathon in Massachusetts 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Much like harpooning a whale, rescuing one is a mad frenzy for life, all cold spray, hot blood, and adrenaline. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The artist describes the sensation as "walking on the back of a whale." Artist Christo walks on water with "Floating Piers" 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z He said it to include a killer whale "attacking a crowd of people". Arthur: Promotion team embarrassing 2014-03-24T07:57:31Z “It’s to understand how a pilot whale uses its tail to move.” Spare Times for Children for Dec. 4-10 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z In this 2012 documentary with narration by Attenborough, he finds remarkably sophisticated social behaviors that illustrate these animals’ intelligence and adaptability — and experiences one of his most incredible whale encounters. Miss the sea? These documentaries about the ocean go beneath the surface. 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Climb 41 steps to the lamp room, which has used a LED lantern since 2014 — and you may spot humpback, right and minke as well as finback whales circling in the deep waters below. Five Places to Visit in Provincetown, Mass., with John Derian 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z NOAA’s mammal stranding network first received a report Saturday of the beached whales near Hog Key. More than 80 false killer whales die in Florida stranding 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z The Dukes Martini is a Martini the way a whale is a mammal. 11 Essential Drinks at 11 Great Cocktail Bars 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Donal wrote the play; it's a one-man show about Irish prisoners who get sent to Australia on a whaling ship. The best performance I've ever seen: Enda Walsh 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z The film's called Age of the Dragons, so the fact that all the whales have been replaced with dragons probably won't surprise anyone. Age of the Dragons: Moby-Dick without whales 2011-03-09T08:55:00Z Then the program starts hopscotching all over, first to the Aleutian Islands, where the prize is striking and rather unsettling footage of killer whales as they gang up on a gray whale calf. Television Review: ‘North America,’ a Discovery Channel Nature Series 2013-05-17T22:47:13Z Then she loses her legs in an accident with a killer whale and calls him, thinking he might help rouse her from her despair. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Blow Out’ and Ronda Rousey in ‘Blindspot’ 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z December through May: See gray whales and sperm whales. At California’s wild Farallon Islands, meet nature on nature’s terms 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Skirting the island offshore, the visitors surveyed forbidding volcanic cliffs, as well as a humpback whale and brown noddy seabirds nesting in the crags. With a single weekly flight, remote St. Helena island woos more tourists 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z He notices how perfectly choreographed an orca feeding is — with whales and salmon, ravens and eagles. Neal Shusterman Reviews Gary Paulsen’s Final Novel 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Squid beaks, equally, aren’t digested — they pass through the sperm whale’s intestines wholly. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Citizen Koch is about the US Republican party's ongoing state of flux, while Gabriela Cowperthwaite's Blackfish centres on a notorious killer whale responsible for three human deaths. Sundance film festival 2013 lineup revealed 2012-11-29T11:01:14Z So the nine-and-a-half-hour “Shoah,” which turns up on YouTube in a terrible print subtitled in Spanish and a decent print stolen off German television, really was a white whale of video streaming. 'Shoah's' Long Route to the Web 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Killer whales have been on the sidelines since Orca: Killer Whale. Where are all the other great shark movies? 2010-07-08T21:36:00Z By the 11th century, at the latest, the Basques were climbing hills and towers above the Bay of Biscay, looking for North Atlantic right whales. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Evie recalls her mother summoning her for breakfast in “her own whale voice.” Off the Coast of Los Angeles, a Father and Daughter Fight to Survive 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z The chapter describes the peaceable whales like mowers in a golden meadow. Sea Story by AS Byatt 2013-03-15T13:58:58Z "I've been blessed with nine whales," he said, which is no small feat. Climate change is melting Arctic ice cellars 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Historical footage of sailors harpooning whales is spliced with news clips of Vietnamese refugees onboard a sinking boat and staged shots of manacled Black men crammed into a ship’s hold. An Artist Who Brings Order to Chaos 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z A November 1880 issue of New Bedford’s Shipping News tells of Wood, at the bow of a whaleboat floating over an angry whale, losing his balance and tumbling headfirst into the mouth. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z There is much sinister footage and gruesome description showing just what killer whales can do to humans if they feel like it. Are animals in Hollywood films too human? 2013-04-25T18:30:01Z The Essex wasn’t much longer than the whale, an abnormally large monster that stretched 85 feet from head to fluke, the crew estimated. My ancestors, the cannibals: Whaling, human sacrifice and the true story of “Moby-Dick” 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The Iñupiat have for generations hunted bowhead whales every spring and fall. Climate change is melting Arctic ice cellars 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Burdett, Mr. Frank writes, “became fouled in a whale line and was dragged overboard.” Antiques: Scrimshaw in New Book From New Bedford Whaling Museum 2013-01-10T21:54:56Z Saving Whales While Melting Hearts and a Cold War Who wouldn’t want to save the whales? Movie Review: ?Big Miracle,? With Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski 2012-02-03T01:26:43Z Take it from the largest guys on earth: the male blue whales. Sex in the sea: What we can learn from underwater orgies, beach sand bondage and kinky lobster courtship 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z But she’d never been especially into the environment, and wasn’t sure whether whales in captivity warranted the attention of, say, child war refugees. ‘Blackfish’s’ director finds it hard to move on 2014-03-20T17:38:26Z I imagined sticking to my lane would be as difficult as herding a blue whale down a swimming pool lane. For a newbie driver, the RV was her classroom and her subject matter 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z In this case, there were various mini-monsters, in the shape of dinosaurs and whales, patterning a back flap on taut sweaters and blazers. From Jil Sander to Burberry, there were men?s wear risks in Milan 2012-01-15T19:51:37Z Joe rescued whales first and foremost because he felt that he owed it to the ocean. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z A pod of vulnerable whales suffer while conflicted humans bicker over whether or not — and how — to help before eventually riding to the rescue. Big Miracle: A Slice of 80s Nostalgia, With a Side of Whale 2012-02-02T17:37:40Z Populations of killer whales off British Columbia and Washington state that are often used as a benchmark for wild orca populations have an average life expectancy of around 49 years. Some SeaWorld mammals survive longer in captivity 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z The whale didn’t veer away, and it didn’t dive either, so Joe shoved his gaff toward a line and cut it. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z A few years ago, the writer Rebecca Giggs found herself at a public attraction: the beaching of an immature humpback whale. Staring Into the Eye of a Whale and Seeing the Whole World 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z In a passage that never fails to bring tears to my eyes, the earnest Starbuck pleads with Ahab to abandon his blasphemous, vengeful quest for the white whale. Call me the greatest American novel 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z A didgeridoo boomed magnificently, for instance, and then a magnificent whale came into predictable view. 'The Reef' concert had a chance to catch a new wave of fans by pairing surf sounds and scenes 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z “We don’t need to have killer whales in captivity and we don’t need to exhibit dance robes and rattles in museums,” he said. Museum of Natural History’s Renewed Hall Holds Treasures and Pain 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The coolest job in ocean research, however, must belong to the person charged with operating the stern-mounted boom used to attach suction cups to the backs of passing whales. TV review: Horizon: The Death of the Oceans? 2010-10-04T22:00:00Z “It’s like walking down the butcher’s aisle in the supermarket,” Ms. Reidenberg says as she cuts into the whale. | 'Inside Nature?s Giants': ?Inside Nature?s Giants? on PBS - Review 2012-01-17T23:29:39Z About ten days ago the Canadian, who sees himself as an advocate for whales, sharks and other marine animals, skipped bail after learning that Japan, too, was seeking his extradition from Germany. Whale activist on the run vows to continue work 2012-07-31T15:52:07Z Mr. Crumb, who was inspired by recordings of whale songs, stipulated that the performers should wear black half-masks to symbolize the impersonal and powerful forces of nature. Music Review: Rhythms Rise Up From the Pampas 2011-03-11T23:45:18Z Where “Avatar” found inspiration in lizard-birds, airborne spores and jungle flowers, the sequel revels in aquatic wonders, above all a kind of armored whale called the tulkun. ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Review: Big Blue Marvel 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z For more than a century, since agriculture and whaling gave way to tourism, Cape Cod in Massachusetts has attracted vacationers to its many miles of pristine beaches. 36 Hours on Outer Cape Cod 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z For her latest collection at her Tory Sport athletic wear line, Tory Burch, always a master of whimsy, designed pouches in the shape of a whale. Dress Like It’s 2018 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z The underwater photographer Amos Nachoum’s white whale is no whale at all, but rather a polar bear. ‘Picture of His Life’ Review: A Shot Too Much to Bear 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z It's waiting in a nearby warehouse and resembles either the skeletal rib cage of a whale or the hull of an unfinished boat. Grant Achatz: The making of Chicago's top chef ... and what's Next 2011-02-15T06:00:00Z "You're going to change our lives, baby," I teased the zygote as we lay like beached whales on the couch in our New Orleans living room. The show I never wanted to watch, until I had to 2011-04-29T18:20:00Z There are currently 79 "southern resident" killer whales in the Pacific Northwest, the only known resident population to exist in the United States, according to Balcomb and NOAA. Baby killer whale born to endangered population in Washington state 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z This is home to wildlife found nowhere else in the US: polar bears, seals, bowhead whales and numerous fish, plus birds, such as the king eider and gyrfalcon. Jarvis Cocker: the iceman cometh 2012-06-02T19:53:37Z Less splendid, to modern eyes, are the scenes of real whales being killed in its hunting scenes. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z A whale has a maw, you look into the maw of the world. Bill T. Jones and Eiko Otake: Opposites Guided by ‘Too-Much-Ness’ 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z And so I hit the road from Cape Town with my father on a mild October morning, on a mission to watch some whales. In South Africa, Whale Watching Is a Waiting Game (With Penguins) 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z By the third act, Kelner throws a whole new wrench into the debate with the appearance of a local environmentalist, who explains how there are more sinister things polluting the Faroese waters than whale’s blood. ‘A Taste of Whale’ Review: Blood in the Water 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Biggest laugh or cry: Swimming with the humpback whales was a fun and memorable experience. Enchantment under the sea — with whales — in Tahiti 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Those selected to live undersea – "the perfect combination of brainiacs and hunks", she tells us – ate whale meat, frolicked on submersible sea bikes and worshipped a giant jellyfish called Blimblam. Monsters of the Deep 3D 2010-08-19T15:55:00Z Museum highlights include massive whale skeletons, a half-scale model of a whaling ship and America’s longest painting. On the trail of ‘Moby-Dick’ in three New England towns 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z It would be sliced and served on the second day, while men cut and distributed whale flipper. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z This piece is closely related to "Private Hellmouth," the interior of which is very like the whale's pink and poked body. Lauren Grossman at Platform Gallery: leviathans and hellmouths 2012-04-05T19:30:11Z In this vein, late in his career, when he was around 70, Turner made the dangerous business of whaling the subject of four paintings. In Turner Paintings at the Met, the Bloody Business of Whaling 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The notorious difficulty of shooting movies on water has lessened somewhat in the era of CGI, and "In the Heart of the Sea" makes use of that technology, particularly in the creation of the whale. For 'In the Heart of the Sea,' Ron Howard heads straight to the source 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The film shows divers trapping and kidnapping baby whales for shipment to theme parks while their mothers watched and screeched in agony. `Blackfish' documentary looks at SeaWorld's captive orcas 2013-07-24T19:36:13Z “This whale in its natural environment in the Arctic is a diverse feeder – so it is not a fussy eater,” the spokesman said. 'Benny the Beluga' facing Christmas in the Thames far from home 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Behind that is a pencil drawing of a whale. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Again: Years ago, I thought the anti whaling movement was good. Court: Sea Shepherd anti-whaling protesters are pirates 2013-02-27T13:57:55Z This mammal-eating population is expanding, Schmidgall reassured us, with plenty of food still available; for the southern resident killer whales, however, it’s a different, devastating story due to dwindling salmon supplies. Seattle summer staycation: 3 day trips to take from the Seattle waterfront 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z And the story of these whales brought me to my emotions again. A Choreographer Diving Into Grief Looks to Whales 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Almost as soon as I could read I began with Ishmael’s setting foot aboard the Pequod and with the searching in an atlas for the track of the great white whale. I lost my virginity in a waterfront brothel 2013-06-03T15:32:00Z PBS' "American Experience" series airs this documentary from director Ric Burns that looks at the whaling industry from the 18th century through the Civil War to the present day. PBS' 'Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World' is a Monday TV pick 2010-05-07T20:43:00Z Still, as impressive as the whales were, it was the fjord itself that held us most in thrall. Explorer: In New Zealand?s Remote Fiordland 2010-07-31T04:30:00Z Is that the cry of a whale calf yearning for its mother in the depths of the ocean? Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z Killer whales born in captivity at SeaWorld parks have a survival rate nearly equal to their counterparts in the wild, according to AP’s analysis of data from the federal Marine Mammal Inventory Report. Some SeaWorld mammals survive longer in captivity 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z It's the championship of each other, and they're two men on an ice floe, and to each the other is Ahab's white whale. Ken Burns on his latest, "Muhammad Ali": "What's so interesting is what an avatar of love he was" 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Horwitz probes the connection between deadly mass whale strandings and the use of sonar — which the Navy says is essential for U.S. defense. 50 notable works of nonfiction We fell quiet and looked harder; the whale was on land. The Plastic-Hunting Pirates of the Cornish Coast 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z When you first enter the stadium at Miami Seaquarium to see the killer whale Lolita, you can walk up to the railing and peek into her home. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z Why Bunk sung to Allah, the officer whaled on his head with his club until he was speechless. Why are cops OK with killing black people? Because American history teaches that we aren’t fully human 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Some of these sperm whales are so large they throw battleship wakes. The Real-Life Story of ‘The Last Whalers’ Reads Like a First-Rate Novel 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Killer whales seem too fast and sleek – too handsome and sharp-suited – to be whales at all. Rewind TV: Ocean Giants; Who Do You Think You Are?; The Story of British Path?: the Birth of the News; Wilfred ? review 2011-08-20T23:05:36Z Two massive whale bones, stuck vertically into the ground, form a gentle curve, like a doorway. Life in Alaska in the Round-the-Clock Darkness of Polar Night 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z We dreamed of waterfall hikes, humpback whales singing, sunset dinners looking across the Pacific and taming waves atop our surfboards. A Maui vacation in three acts 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Sasaki is pointing to a long cultural practice that has collided with an enraged west that has purged itself of whaling. Beyond The Cove: what happened after the Oscar-winning documentary? 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z The eventual discovery in Titusville, Pa., of the black kind that bubbles up out of the ground sounded the death knell of the Nantucket whaling industry. Call me the greatest American novel 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z Among American white settlers, in the early 19th century whale hunting was huge business, a booming, violent corporate enterprise. At the Met, Protest and Poetry About Water 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z They’ve chosen this small fishing village of El Valle, on Colombia’s Pacific coast, to explore some of the world’s greatest biodiversity, and live their dream of watching humpback whales migrate from the South Pole. The magic factor to a solo Colombia adventure: Turtle power 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z I was so moved by the story of these whales. A Choreographer Diving Into Grief Looks to Whales 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Recommended for ages 6 and older, the series this Sunday will also focus on whales. Spare Times for Children for May 17-23 2013-05-16T22:17:51Z “Heartbeat,” however, finds its through-line across time and taxonomy, linking whales and humans through the centuries. Facts About the Natural World Astound and Delight in These Picture Books 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Moving on to St Lawrence Island, he enlists the help of the Yupik people to locate the whales and also finds walruses and polar bears, as the series concludes. TV highlights 02/04/2013 2013-04-02T06:00:05Z Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherds return for another confrontation with Japanese whalers; the team gambles on a plan designed to intercept the enemy before they reach the whaling grounds. Friday TV Picks: 'Best Friends Forever' on NBC 2012-05-31T19:35:03Z Typically, a whale boat was dispatched to monitor the ship’s perimeter throughout the night. Inside the mind of one “American Shooter” 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Another is exhaustive: you go in search of a particular fact—say, when Shamu debuted at SeaWorld—and soon enough you are well on your way to compiling a definitive account of captive killer whales. The Rabbit-Hole Rabbit Hole 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Your friends or family are traveling to Iceland to experience its waterfalls and glaciers, its whales and volcanoes, and its summer nights, which are so bright that they may penetrate your dreams. Read Your Way Through Reykjavík 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The Kraken tales of mammoth monster squid, along with the Leviathan of the Bible, are most likely based upon the existence of real creatures such as whales. Why vampires? Book looks at science behind monsters 2012-11-08T13:16:04Z The vessel captained by Ahab discreetly suggests the skeletal outline of a great white whale. At South Coast Rep, a stunning, gravity-defying stab at 'Moby Dick' 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Still, can I honestly say, as much as I love , that Melville’s 40-page explanation of the different kinds of whale blubber wasn’t pretty boring? All writers should read Robert McKee 2013-04-10T20:47:00Z At a recent editorial meeting, Salon’s staff went around naming our own professional white whales; all journalists have them. I like my imagined literary nemesis 2013-06-01T22:30:00Z Their enchanting, meditative moans captured America’s imagination: The album sold 100,000 copies and helped kick-start the “Save the Whales” movement that helped ended much of deep-sea whaling worldwide. Need More Nature? Listen to 12 Essential Field Recordings 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z In Kushiro, just 160 kilometres south of Rausu, where the four dozen people laughed and cheered, boats were setting off on Japan’s first commercial whale hunt in 31 years. In Japan, the business of watching whales is far larger than... 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z The amazing thing for me was how much humpback whales fighting look like humpback whales swimming. Rewind TV: Ocean Giants; Who Do You Think You Are?; The Story of British Path?: the Birth of the News; Wilfred ? review 2011-08-20T23:05:36Z We were there with lobsters and whales and the totems of the preppy experience. Bind Me Up; Set Me Free 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The story, based on the nonfiction book by the author and Nantucket resident Nathaniel Philbrick, recounts the sinking of the whale ship, the Essex. Hotel and Resort News: Music in Paris, Coffee Lessons in Orlando 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Glover said in the video that he was inspired to deface the sign after seeing the movie documentary "Blackfish," which criticizes SeaWorld's practices in keeping killer whales in captivity for entertainment as inhumane. 'Jackass' star Steve-O cited for defacing San Diego SeaWorld sign 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z As he explained to his middle-school audience, “The teacher was like, ‘Read this book about this man chasing a whale,’ and I’m like, bruh. How a kid who didn’t read a book until he was 17 grew up to become a literary star 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Every episode of "Whale Wars" includes footage of whales, dolphins and other protected species threatened with extinction by commercial fishing. The whalers' worst nightmare sets sail again 2011-06-03T19:04:00Z Meanwhile the baby whale longs for its mother. Facts About the Natural World Astound and Delight in These Picture Books 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Outside the visitor’s centre are a minke and a pilot whale skull, from creatures washed up on the shore. On the whale trail: sealife spotting in the Outer Hebrides 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z He looks at suicide and schizophrenia, at reading as a mode of survival; at a Christian haunted house and a Russian orphanage; at whale meat and witch hunts. Instead of Sobbing, You Write Sentences: An Interview with Charles D'Ambrosio 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Two spots on every boat are kept open for whale researchers, and information gathered on the tours will help ongoing projects – including a forthcoming study by the university on tourists’ emotional reactions to the whales. Swimming With the Whales in Australia 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The rest of the session is devoted to one of those white whales that must have driven Dylan crazier than his default mode. Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z My white whale is tiny, red or green, and has the power to make my eyes water like the end of the last Toy Story movie. One place in the UK where it's HOT 2012-07-10T10:00:00Z By 9 July 2017, the day the Shelagh crew got that call, seven dead whales had been found in four weeks, and biologists had started hauling in the carcasses for necropsies. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Other attractions include a performance by a tribal theater group in Icy Strait Point and kayak outings and sea otter and whale watches. The Cruise Issue: New Options: 14 New Cruises for 2011 2011-02-11T20:13:12Z From whaling and international trade in the 18th century, to cotton mills and brick yards in the 19th century, to cement plants in the early 20th century, industry has risen and fallen. Hudson, N.Y.: An Elegant Transformation 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The scientists explain the evolutionary adaptations that enable sperm whales to dive to potentially crushing depths, along with other interesting tidbits. | 'Inside Nature?s Giants': ?Inside Nature?s Giants? on PBS - Review 2012-01-17T23:29:39Z It’s a whale of a tale, told clearly and quickly. Battlefields: Recent Books in Military History 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The Japanese government allows a hunt of about 20,000 dolphins a year, and argues that killing them - and whales - is no different from raising cows or pigs for slaughter. Sea Shepherd sees dolphins caught in Japan cove 2010-09-03T01:13:00Z Bald eagles and sea gulls fly overhead, whales occasionally spout offshore, and emerald-green sea urchins populate the rocky pools revealed at low tide. These Are America's Prettiest Beach Campsites 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Here, Keiko leaps to freedom in an iconic moment of whaling cinema – parodied mercilessly ever since. Clip joint: whales 2011-02-02T18:26:16Z Our kayak group hadn’t deliberately broken any rules about approaching whales. Worth the trip: Spy San Juan whales and sample what’s new 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z With Irina Rulfo’s murder, Frank also lost his best shot at getting back in on the railway deal, and thus achieving the legitimacy that is his white whale. 'True Detective' Recap: Full Moons and Sex Parties 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Yes, I saw whales, but mostly just spouts. Budget cruise from Bellingham to Alaska: one man’s account of his ferry deck adventure 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z You would lap against whaling ships looking for whales. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z In the background, rendered in pale grays, the three-masted whaling vessel, with all sails raised, looms like a ghost ship against a white sky. In Turner Paintings at the Met, the Bloody Business of Whaling 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The rest of the country is made up of smaller towns and isolated coastal settlements in which people still rely on traditional methods of hunting and fishing for fish, seal, and whale meat. Two Sides of Life in Greenland 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z It was an extraordinary achievement, combining a history of whaling, a voyage into the life of Herman Melville, reflections on Hoare's own encounters with whales and more. The Sea Inside by Philip Hoare – review 2013-05-30T06:30:01Z There were sculptures made of mounted whale vertebrae, and a coffee table book, captioned in Dutch and Italian, on the life of Steve McQueen. T Magazine: Su Casa Es Mi Casa 2013-05-05T21:00:17Z At the literal level, Herman Melville’s great American novel is all about the sinking of a ship, shattered by a great white whale. Jake Heggie Makes ?Moby-Dick? an Opera 2010-04-24T02:46:00Z But when speaking about the whale he wants to hunt, he becomes ebullient, waving a chair in the air to evoke the cetacean’s body and jumping up on a table in thar-she-blows triumph. Review | Big ideas anchor ‘Reykjavik’ and ‘The Old Man, the Youth, and the Sea’ 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Daniel and Federica introduce themselves, tell snippets of their journey so far and express a childlike excitement for seeing whales tomorrow. The magic factor to a solo Colombia adventure: Turtle power 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But signaling may have a price: predators such as killer whales may also be listening to flatulent herring and home in on the signal. Passing gas is an art and science 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z Garrett contends that Lolita is the logical whale to be a pioneer because scientists not only know her family pod’s identity and habits, they know that her mother and siblings remain alive. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z As a kind of distracting therapy, they carved whale teeth and bones into everything from dominoes to bird cages, pieces that are collectively known as scrimshaw. Antiques: Scrimshaw in New Book From New Bedford Whaling Museum 2013-01-10T21:54:56Z Japan's whaling fleet kills up to 1,000 whales a year, an allowed exception under a ruling by the International Whaling Commission. Judge won't halt Sea Shepherds' anti-whaling actions in Antarctica 2012-02-17T14:25:42Z It is hard to find any whale scientists or naturalists familiar with her conditions, aside from those within the marine-park industry, who aren’t appalled by the tiny size of her enclosure. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z Sperm whales’ teeth are 8 inches long – longer than most blades in your knife drawer. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z March and April is when gray whales typically migrate northward from birthing grounds in Mexico to summer feeding grounds off Alaska. Cape Lookout hike on Oregon coast ideal for whale watching 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Globally, whales are threatened by vessel strikes, strandings in fishing gear, and hunting by countries that still consume whale meat. An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The film — capturing the ocean’s churning expanse and the scale of the whales with carefully considered sound design — will be one of the 22 films screened in person. AFI Docs returns to the theater — carefully — after going entirely online last year 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z It isn’t like commercial whaling or sport hunting, he said. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z A dead whale doesn’t have to be a certain signal or abad omen. The lasting testament of Jane Alexander 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z He spent much of this past September in Europe giving talks about his whale research. An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The property has a new boat, and plans to use it to take visitors on excursions to swim with humpback whales, August through October, in addition to its whale shark swims, April through July. 5 Hotels and 5 Tours for the Eco-Conscious Traveler 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z “I remember that great ‘chaaaah’ of outgoing breath and knowing immediately it was a whale,” Parry said. Author and illustrator explored orcas’ home while creating ‘A Whale of the Wild’ 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Photograph: Windfall/Richard Taylor/Jones A big whale is washed up dead on a Kent beach. TV review: Sperm Whale: Inside Nature's Giants 2011-08-07T21:29:01Z Popping up everywhere around town are signs advertising tours for whale and dolphin watching, fishing, horseback riding, kayaking, birdwatching, hiking, and snorkeling and diving on nearby Cano Island. Costa Rica’s ‘biologically intense’ Osa Peninsula is truly wild 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z The documentary argued that killer whales in captivity become more aggressive to humans and each other. Some SeaWorld mammals survive longer in captivity 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Similarly, provided you can find dates outside spring break and Easter weeks, early spring usually allows affordable opportunities to catch humpback whales between Maui and Lanai as they ready for the long swim to Alaska. 10 places to visit during ‘shoulder season,’ the sweet spot between high and low periods 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z With more blue whales around, the distance between males and females, and between males, is shorter. Sex in the sea: What we can learn from underwater orgies, beach sand bondage and kinky lobster courtship 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z I looked into the eye of a blue whale as it floated past while I stood on the prow of a sunken ship. Virtual Reality’s Potential Displayed at Game Developers Conference 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Landlubbers can gather to hear the tale of a young man finding his sea legs in the heyday of the American whaling industry. Theater Listings for June 19-25 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z They also don’t hunt sperm whales and orcas. Former Japanese fisherman finds profit in whale-watching 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Its subject — an obsessed mariner’s quest for a mythical white whale — was far removed from her previous work, which includes video and performance pieces about migration and nightlife, as well as abstract dance. An Artist’s Queer Take on ‘Moby-Dick’ 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z More than 80 false killer whales died after stranding themselves along the coast of southwest Florida in Everglades National Park, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported. More than 80 false killer whales die in Florida stranding 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Next to it sits Hungary’s pavilion, a ribbed structure alluding to Noah’s ark, but also reminiscent of Pinocchio’s whale. A Feast of Architectural Styles for Expo Milano 2015 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Young people don’t respect traditions around whaling as they once did, she said. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Starting in 1993 in Red Square in Moscow, he began producing evermore extravagant “super shows,” including one that involved a gigantic inflatable whale. Kansai Yamamoto, Designer With Ziggy Stardust as a Client, Dies at 76 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Madsen is best known for playing killers in the Quentin Tarantino films "Reservoir Dogs" and "Kill Bill" parts 1 and 2, and also appeared in the family-friendly whale pic "Free Willy." Arrest on suspicion of Malibu DUI for actor Madsen 2012-09-13T06:37:07Z Jane Alexander is still figuring out the meaning of the whale. The lasting testament of Jane Alexander 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Based on the testimonies of soldiers returning from wars across the world to civilian life, it brings together three men and a former child soldier who find themselves in the belly of a whale. Nineveh – review 2013-05-01T13:01:12Z By the end of that month he’d spotted his first right whale just outside the harbour. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z In 1985 he was part of a team that coaxed a lost humpback whale out of the Sacramento River delta with field recordings of other humpbacks feeding. Can snakes really be charmed by music? 2013-09-11T21:35:00Z Much of the debate over killer whales in captivity, over many years, has been inspired by movies. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z Mr. Swing also likened the swirling forms to sea creatures that, nested together, call to mind a whale. Newly Minted Work by a Change Artist 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z A kind of spirit guide finally appears in the shape of an enormous blue whale, leading Finn through a misty universe of floating and flying memories. Grandmas and Grandpas Are a Kid’s Natural Allies in These Books 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z If he is whaling on you, you are absolutely allowed to walk away. Perspective | My 2-year-old hits me. How can I respond better? 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z They call these criminals the Whites, a reference to each cop’s Ahab-like obsession with bringing down his or her personal white whale. Review: Richard Price’s new novel, ‘The Whites’ 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z The famous Quaker captain Edmund Gardner’s entanglement with a whale paints the clearest picture of what might happen — he was photographed post-attack, his left hand, fingerless and gnarled, centered in the shot. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z The source is nature itself — elk and deer sinew, baleen from a whale stranded in the river and delicate fibers from wild irises culled from forested high country. Traditions Revived at a Tribal Culture Camp 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z The Mexican artist is known for many kinds of work: from drawings on skulls and whale skeletons, to moulded clay hearts and chessboards filled only with knights. The best art exhibitions and events for summer 2013 2013-05-26T18:10:01Z For dinner I’d booked a table on the patio of Bientang’s Cave at sunset, eager to catch shy whales emerging just as the sun went down. In South Africa, Whale Watching Is a Waiting Game (With Penguins) 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z For now it can make do with jumping the whale. Rewind TV: Shameless; Episodes; Kidnap and Ransom; Human Planet ? review 2011-01-16T00:05:49Z Of course sage tribe member Malik will drop to his knees and begin whale prayers. Big Miracle: A Slice of 80s Nostalgia, With a Side of Whale 2012-02-02T17:37:40Z CANNES, France — Jacques Audiard's new movie features poverty, bare-knuckle fighting and a killer whale attack - yet the French director says it's a sunny romance. Marion Cotillard in Cannes film 'Rust and Bone' 2012-05-17T13:09:06Z If the whales’ numbers become healthy enough to reproduce, we’ll have succeeded in buying them time. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z This enables researchers to track the movements of whales at varying depths, with the aim of reducing the number of collisions with container vessels. TV review: Horizon: The Death of the Oceans? 2010-10-04T22:00:00Z Why Tu Hononga stranded himself, though, is another mystery — mass whale beachings being the largest whale mystery of all, Ellis said, with "an infinite number of theories, from navigation failure to simple suicide." Building Field Museum's beasts a giant undertaking 2011-05-17T00:27:00Z You might even spot whales breaching, most commonly July through November. Next Stop: A Brazilian Beauty, Refined and Untouched 2012-01-20T20:33:34Z Modern children tend go to sleep to the sounds of whales or white noise, with nary a mention of the Sandman. Rise of the Guardians: Santa and His Superhero Posse on a Quest to Save Childhood Innocence 2012-11-21T16:15:34Z Then to the tropical reef, and on to the whales and penguins. Atlanta Family Weekend On the Cheap 2011-10-14T15:20:00.890Z In season, you might also be serenaded by singing humpback whales. If you want to see sea life rather than fellow snorkelers, head to these Maui sites 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z It’s a chance for tourists to step aboard a slice of New England’s whaling and sailing history as the Seaport studies the recently restored vessel. A Historic Ship Sets Sail From the Mystic Seaport 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Highlights include visiting the wreck of the Maud, one of Amundsen’s Arctic ships, viewing polar bears in the Franklin Strait and beluga whales in Peel Sound. The Cruise Issue: New Options: 14 New Cruises for 2011 2011-02-11T20:13:12Z For those who prefer beauty to horror, vast blue whales circle a wall screen in full-size video animations. The Ruthless Phronima, and Other Hidden Wonders of the Sea 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Researchers needed to find out why exactly each one of those whales had died. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z A bloated Shelley Winters, looking like a whale wearing a negligee in my inept approximation, floundering her way underwater. A Ship Sinks, and a Boy Is Enthralled 2013-08-21T16:31:12Z Biodiversity isn't just a matter of whales, pandas and polar bears. Animals United defeat themselves 2010-12-20T11:11:45Z There’s an intimacy in this act not unlike that between predator and prey – appropriate, since disentangling is sort of like whaling in reverse. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Women worked in a large outdoor kitchen, cutting meat from bearded seal, whale and birds with sharp round ulu blades. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z In this tiny pool, with this enormous whale, that’s about right. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z These discrete paths and viewpoints are ideal vantages for learning about whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, some that linger tantalizingly close to shore. Where the whales are: Discovering marine mammals from shore along the Pacific Coast 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z The book revolves around his visits with three scientists studying animals in the field: sperm whales in the Caribbean, chimpanzees in Uganda and macaws in the Amazon of Peru. Checking In on the Culture of Macaws, Sperm Whales and Chimpanzees 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z The year-ago period saw the release of "In the Heart of the Sea," a costly whaling drama that bombed when it opened to just over $11 million. Box Office: 'Moana' narrowly edges out 'Office Christmas Party,' 'La La Land' impresses 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z It's killer whales versus polar bears — but thanks to warming Arctic seas, the killer whales are winning — on a new "Nature." TV This Week Nov. 16 -22: 'Independent Lens' on PBS 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Derian recalled seeing “20 whales and dolphins jumping” when his flight once passed over the lighthouse. Five Places to Visit in Provincetown, Mass., with John Derian 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z I stood with less grace, and paddled in the same vein, the effort whaling on my oblique muscles. Explorer: Stand-Up Paddle Boarding in the Virgin Islands 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z Did not hurt him much, got the whale dead by 10 at night. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z “I just wanted to go see the whales in the wild,” he says. An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z And it does not blink from violence: A scene involving a mother whale and her calf is first touching, then horrifying. At Under the Radar, Stories Unfold via Sexts, Tweets and Puppeteers 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z It is the same technology that allowed him to see how Inpuiat whaling culture has been misunderstood by the outside world. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Consumption of whale and dolphin meat has been declining steadily in Japan, to the point where many young people in Tokyo have never eaten it. Beyond The Cove: what happened after the Oscar-winning documentary? 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z One of the group's directors is Tag Gornall, the retired veterinarian known for his expertise with whales. Small-town theaters struggle to survive in the digital age 2012-07-12T04:11:05Z "Did he say whales or Wales?" he asks, notebook at the ready. Postcards from Cannes: Liam Gallagher 2010-05-16T21:20:00Z Base yourself at Alankuda Beach, which from November through April is the launching point for dolphin and sperm whale watching expeditions; May brings wind and kite surfing. The 46 Places to Go in 2013 2013-01-11T16:15:59Z One scene was recorded going backwards on a runaway train in a fairground, another in a pool with a killer whale. How we made The Sooty Show 2012-08-06T16:52:55Z More good vibrations: After wistfully trading our camper van for a standard rental at the airport, we discovered that our next lodging choice came complete with whale watching from the backyard. A Maui vacation in three acts 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z But the true causes and true consequences of the SeaWorld shift extend well beyond marine amusement parks and charismatic species like killer whales. The SeaWorld sea change: Will the marine park’s about-face signal a shift in how we think about animal captivity? 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The Haida, whose land encompassed cedar forests, probably shaped it and decorated the prow and stern with designs of an eagle and killer whale. Museum of Natural History’s Renewed Hall Holds Treasures and Pain 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z But the whale adventure Orca went belly-up, and The Hurricane was less a disaster movie than a disaster. In Remembrance of Erratic Film Producer Dino De Laurentiis 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z Humpback whales, orcas, sea lions, seals, otters, puffins, and more thrive here, and as we navigated the ocean from Fox Island to Aialik Bay, the wildlife viewings were abundant. A paddler’s sun-optional tour through Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z There visitors will find things like the jaws of a sperm whale inscribed with the world’s largest scrimshaw carving and the Pembridge helm, one of only four surviving 13th-century knight’s helmets. In Transit Blog: The World (or Some Interesting Parts) Under One Scottish Roof 2011-09-09T18:57:01Z Still, they call to mind the whales we’re familiar with in their extraordinary intelligence, their complex systems of communication, and their intricate social structure. Creating the Exiled Sea Creature of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z “Frankly, I realized I knew so little, really, about whales and really nothing under the surface about who they were and how they lived,” said Weaver. NatGeo’s ‘Secrets of the Whales’ surfaces little-known facts 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Gray whales pass by this time of year, but if they were there, it was hard to spot them in the surface chop. A Lighthouse to Call Your Own 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z While the movie features its share of ice, penguins and whales, it is less a landscape film than a claustrophobic chamber play, suffused with close-ups and shallow focus. ‘Red Knot,’ About a Voyage to Antarctica 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z In the late morning, it was about forty degrees outside and the gallery was unheated, which, some listeners remarked, brought the feeling of being on a whaling ship. Running the “Moby-Dick” Marathon 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Two years ago, there were concerns when Lolita developed dental and intestinal problems, which can be fatal for captive killer whales. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z Many millennia later, excavators found a bowl of roughly two dozen edible creatures, including mussels and at least one barnacle that had previously resided on the belly of a whale. The absolute best way to cook shrimp, according to so many tests 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z Tilikum, the killer whale featured in the documentary "Blackfish" that made the case against keeping orcas in captivity died on Friday, SeaWorld officials said. SeaWorld killer whale Tilikum of 'Blackfish' movie fame dies 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z A humpback whale visited the Lime Kiln area on March 30. Worth the trip: Spy San Juan whales and sample what’s new 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Killer whales, distinguished by their striking black and white bodies, are highly intelligent, social creatures that rely on underwater sound for orientation, feeding, and communication. Baby killer whale born to endangered population in Washington state 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, Simon Watt the hunky biologist visits some human free- divers, who frankly are less impressive at being whales than the whales are – three minutes underwater compared to more than an hour for the whale. TV review: Sperm Whale: Inside Nature's Giants 2011-08-07T21:29:01Z One was blue and painted to look like a whale; the other was a traditional ferry, painted white, from Martha’s Vineyard. Rockaway Ferry 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, seeing great white sharks swarming on the body of a dead whale is as breathtaking as the butterfly courtship dance atop Mount Mabu in Mozambique. TV highlights 23/01/2013 2013-01-22T20:00:01Z Dr. Atkinson, one of the professors studying humpback whales, described “mixed” feelings about the return of cruises. Revelry and Unease in Alaska as Cruises Return 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z His new boss calls him his “white whale,” like he’s just another man’s trophy. 'Mad Men' Recap: On the Road Again 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Mother sperm whales, for example, organize babysitting duties to protect their young while they hunt for food. Among brainy sea creatures, killer whales are some of the smartest 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Our host’s boyfriend described ambergris — solidified whale vomit — as smelling similar to gunk flossed from between neglected teeth. His adoption secret 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z Lolita’s case is remarkable, in part because she is a remarkable whale. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z He neither names his characters nor identifies their ethnic or national background, wisely so in a story whose underlying dilemma might present itself—whale or no whale—to anyone anywhere. Masters of Illustration Bring Breathtaking Art to These Seafaring Stories 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z He told tantalizing stories of whales breaching just below the cape, putting on a show for everyone in attendance. Cape Lookout hike on Oregon coast ideal for whale watching 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z With the sound turned down, this looked like another lush and lavish documentary about sea creatures fronted by David Attenborough, complete with weird-looking squid and humpback whales glinting in the sun. TV review: Horizon: The Death of the Oceans? 2010-10-04T22:00:00Z At a car rental counter at Lihue Airport, brochure racks were stuffed with advertisements for charter fishing and whale watching. The U.S. Issue:?Explorer: An Eden for Rare Birds in Hawaii 2011-05-13T20:14:41Z He died eight years ago, having washed ashore in New Zealand; he was one of 12 whales to strand themselves that day. Building Field Museum's beasts a giant undertaking 2011-05-17T00:27:00Z “It’s not an Ahab thing — it’s not his white whale, and I don’t think he deals in that kind of neurosis,” Ganz said. Let Him Entertain You: Billy Crystal Returns to Broadway 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z There, I swam with sea lions, watched manta rays jump six feet in the air and even glimpsed whales. In Baja California, swimming with the whale sharks, and more This week it’s a sperm whale that died after beaching itself in Britain. | 'Inside Nature?s Giants': ?Inside Nature?s Giants? on PBS - Review 2012-01-17T23:29:39Z “Beneath Saigon’s Cho Nau,” by Paul Christiansen, is an excellent essay collection that takes you to southern Vietnam and highlights many aspects of our culture and lifestyle, including rice wine making and whale worshiping. Read Your Way Through Hanoi 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z The building, which once guided whaling ships to Sag Harbor, has a creepy history. On Long Island, skip the beach and take a hike Top tip: The Umpqua dunes are the highest dunes in the park and the area is closed to motorised traffic, making this section ideal for whale watching. Top 10 national and state parks in Oregon 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z By the 17th century, whale oil powered western civilization, and the North American whaling industry, centred in Massachusetts, was its epicentre. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z If I was on Belize’s coast in the spring, I could have seen whale sharks, which migrate at that time. Beneath the surface — caving and diving — Belize is breathtaking 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z SAT Orca Network presentations and speakers on Northwest whales and threats to their habitat, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-01-24T01:18:50Z Daily tours available May through October, in search of Humpback, Orca and Gray whales. Explore one of the most remote regions in the continental U.S., Washington’s Olympic National Park 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z McGuire sets his novel at the twilight of the whaling industry and the dawn of the Oil Age. New & Noteworthy 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Then, in unison, the helical covers flopped to the ground, revealing Mr. Browne’s familiar short-pants suits, now in Easter-egg plaids, with whale and lobster motifs. Fashion Review: Fashion Review — Spring Men’s Wear Collections in Paris 2012-07-03T20:38:23Z The film detailed how whales are captured and described the killing of a trainer by an orca at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. After 44 years, Miami orca may edge closer to freedom 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z To think that only days before, we had been waving to humpback whales. Three Sides of Ecuador 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z Saturday on Second Street then First Street, ending at Langley Waterfront Park for celebration on the beach; whale watching cruise on Mystic Sea from Langley Marina at 11:30 a.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-04-18T21:20:55Z I was promised whales by the dozens, plain as day, seen from land. In South Africa, Whale Watching Is a Waiting Game (With Penguins) 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Watson said he believed the Japanese warrant related to the collision of a Japanese whaling support ship and a Sea Shepherd boat in January 2010. Whale activist on the run vows to continue work 2012-07-31T15:52:07Z Courtney O’Neill’s set is defined by curved poles that simultaneously suggest the ribs of the ship and the belly of the whale that so thoroughly consumes Ahab. Chicago-launched ‘Moby Dick’ splashes into Arena Stage 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z But they pose other problems, such as possibly killing the sea turtles and whales that eat them. Pop-up exhibit brings ocean-plastics problem closer to home 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z A white whale becomes a blank pincushion for Ahab’s thrusting mania as Melville shades pages with his madness. Melville’s Whale Was a Warning We Failed to Heed 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z In a rare moment of self-doubt, Chloe wonders, “Had she bitten off so large a portion of presumption that even Jonah’s whale would not attempt to chew it?” James Morrow’s satiric novel ‘Galápagos Regained’ takes on Darwin and God 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z This energetic family movie, about a pod of whales trapped in Alaskan ice, is less insipid than it looks. Big Miracle: A Slice of 80s Nostalgia, With a Side of Whale 2012-02-02T17:37:40Z Almost anytime I’m in Southern California, or come anywhere that has whales nearby, I’ll see if I can get on a boat to watch whales. Abubakr Ali Gets a Boost From Whale-Watching and Eid Fashions 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Catastrophe strikes at Marineland early on: Stephanie is horrifically injured when one of the whales turns on her. Cannes 2012: Rust and Bone 2012-05-17T11:11:25Z Orcas, also known as killer whales, are pregnant for about 18 months. Newborn orca is the last baby killer whale for SeaWorld 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z After that, he’d regularly see two, three, four whales at once – at a time when right whales were a mystery to most biologists. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z You would go down three or four flights of stairs, shedding the reality of life in London, and find yourself in this gorgeous oval space, like being inside a whale’s ribcage. 'I barely breathed': Tilda Swinton, Emma Thompson, Steve McQueen and more on their most memorable moments at the movies 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z In a few days we were brave enough to bump down a long dirt road and boondock at the laguna with the hatch flung open, campfire glowing and whales huffing through the night. Ignoring the Warnings for a Honeymoon in Mexico 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z As whale sightings go, it’s a bizarre one. I Am a Boys Choir Presents ‘So Long, Willy’ at La MaMa 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z She spends other days working in a lab at the center, counting wild seabirds or even jumping into a helicopter to investigate the death of a whale in a remote area. Saving sea otters is just part of her normal day at work 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z More terrifying, with sharks in the diet, Americans who might have been swallowed by sperm whales would have had another thing to worry about: sharing the stomach of your predator with yet another predator. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z He took five other men on their 23-foot lifeboat, the James Caird, and headed for the whaling station on South Georgia. 11 facts about Sir Ernest Shackleton 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z The tables include name of the vessel, its class, tonnage, captain, managing owner, whaling ground, date of sailing and arrival, sperm oil / whale oil / whalebone barrels and pounds. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Mr. Mittler’s collection comprises the field’s best-known objects: whale teeth engraved with images of ships, sailors and lovers. A Scrimshaw Collector’s Treasured Carvings 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z However, the professor said the song could be adapted for a shanty since it is about “maritime matters” such as whaling. Social media stars sail away with sea shanty record deals 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z The whales will continue to be protected under other federal laws, including the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Most humpback whales removed from the endangered species list 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z But it goes to great lengths to be neutral in its narration, and emphasizing the whale warriors’ pratfalls is another way of undercutting our natural sympathy for them. Television: On the High Seas, a Mix of Danger and Bumbling High Jinks 2010-08-26T22:23:00Z The triangular whale spouts look like “early Margarita glasses,” Humberto jokes. From Loreto, 3 day-trip adventures in Baja’s high desert 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z After a few years of identifying, photographing and cataloguing the whales, they could finally say how many were out there: around 270. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z But the real affairs are the exclusive parties – Vanity Fair is the white whale of Oscar attendees. My first Oscars: booze, reality stars and queuing with Jared Leto 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Tip: The best chance of seeing whales is in May, June, September and October. 10 of Canada's best lesser-known national parks 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Melville's 1851 novel centres on the good-natured wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by the paranoid tyrant Captain Ahab. Lynne Ramsay's Moby-Dick is one giant leap closer to space 2012-10-03T12:36:06Z In classic Dan Brown fashion, there are clues and puzzles sprinkled throughout the book; observant readers will find letters of the alphabet floating in the illustrations of blue whales, cheetahs, kangaroos and tropical fish. Dan Brown … Children’s Book Author? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The whaling ship, already old for its time, now had a hole in its bow bigger than the whale’s enormous mouth, and was filling with seawater fast. My ancestors, the cannibals: Whaling, human sacrifice and the true story of “Moby-Dick” 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z It's a shame the designers chose not to represent the whale itself in the final scene; we're left watching the men and ship being torn to pieces by an unseen enemy. SF Opera: A whale, a swan and 2 lovers 2012-10-21T20:33:09Z I lost track of the day’s whale count after a dozen. Great white sharks abound at a marine sanctuary just off the San Francisco coast 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z We later read that she was a fin whale, the second-largest creature on earth. The Plastic-Hunting Pirates of the Cornish Coast 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Most maintain their distance unless the whales approach them. In Mexico’s Magdalena Bay, humans and whales meet up 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z That tooth was then attributed to Edward Burdett, a Nantucket native whose whaling voyages began when he was as a teenager in the 1820s. A Scrimshaw Collector’s Treasured Carvings 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Yada yada yada: The shark attacks, and she and her maimed thigh are stranded on a dead whale, then a buoy rusty enough to leave you itching for a tetanus shot. How I Learned to Tolerate Blake Lively 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z I’ve seen pilot whales, dolphins, seals, barn owls, kestrels, peregrines and choughs, met old Cornish fishermen and made new local friends. My year of roaming free in Cornwall – a photo essay 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Hamilton remembers seeing the whale sink into the water and turn toward the boat. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Lily’s attachment to her stuffed whale replaces an emotional connection to the house she’s desperate to break into. Scary Novels From Nick Lake, Kenneth Oppel and Roseanne A. Brown 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z In the US and most of Europe, it’s become axiomatic that the killing of dolphins and whales is barbaric and unnecessary. Beyond The Cove: what happened after the Oscar-winning documentary? 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z I know all too well the way a whale thrashes in its dying moments, a fact that’s made it difficult to confront my family’s past as a whaling powerhouse. My ancestors, the cannibals: Whaling, human sacrifice and the true story of “Moby-Dick” 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Only Adam, Malik and the whales come up smelling like roses. Big Miracle: A Slice of 80s Nostalgia, With a Side of Whale 2012-02-02T17:37:40Z "I couldn’t believe that I had just interacted with the baby whale up close. It was definitely a bucket list item that I didn’t even know I had." Giant whale calf nearly collides with free diver in Tahiti: Video 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Spectral whales undulate through ethereal mist, their hides speckled with winking gems that pulsate to a throbbing bass line. A Game That?s a Sensory Trip to Paradise 2011-07-29T12:00:03Z Some are sceptical that the whale is really alone at all. Adrian Grenier Says His Quest for the Lonely Whale is 'a Lot Like Moby Dick' 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Collectors also need to watch out for walrus, elephant and hippopotamus ivory masquerading as whale parts, and forgers’ historically inaccurate renderings of ship sails, rigging and oars, Mr. Frank said. Antiques: Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont as Impulse Buyer 2010-05-06T20:50:00Z “Salmon swallows whale,” the Seattle Post-Intelligencer wrote about a Web site buying a newspaper. What’s this Washington insider and billionaire’s wife doing in Alaska? 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Whale-watching – mostly greys but, at certain times of the year, humpbacks and killer whales as well – is a time-honoured pastime here, and can be done from the beach. 10 of Canada's best lesser-known national parks 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Some genuinely disturbing footage of whale attacks on trainers is included; you might not look at a whale show the same way ever again. SIFF 2013, week 2: 11 movies to see 2013-05-23T18:03:35Z Colorful wraps called molas that depicted whales, fish and turtles hung on the walls. Explorer: At the End of Eden, Rustic Tranquillity 2013-09-12T16:37:46Z On a different day but at the same marina, Deer Harbor, I joined a whale watching tour. Loneliness and Its Antidote on Orcas Island 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The company is working closely with researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast in tracking and recording the whales, he said. Swimming With the Whales in Australia 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z In “Plume,” he depicts a whale as a burning oil well. ‘Sea Change’ and allusions to climate change among artworks at local galleries in January 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z While finding a tiny coconut in a whale’s stomach is enchanting, there’s nothing so striking as the image of a sperm whale eating a shark. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z We hiked the first half-mile with Ranger Korbe, who told us about the cape’s geology, history and ecology, and offered tips for whale watching. Cape Lookout hike on Oregon coast ideal for whale watching 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Footage of Russian whalers skinning their prey helped lead to an international whaling moratorium. Review: ‘How to Change the World’ Traces the Roots of Greenpeace 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The film, created and written by Charlie Foley, begins with the real, actual fact that the Navy’s use of sonar systems is suspected by some scientists of contributing to whale beachings. Television Review : ‘Mermaids: The Body Found,’ on Animal Planet 2012-05-26T00:02:26Z These events are described in gruesome detail worthy of a horror movie, as is the slaughter of whales and seals — shot, harpooned, clubbed, gutted and cut into oozing, greasy pieces. Review: In ‘The North Water,’ a Journey to the Arctic Turns Cutthroat 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z We all slid in and swam over, and were rewarded with two whales resting at about 40 feet in the prettiest and purest blue water you have ever seen. Enchantment under the sea — with whales — in Tahiti 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Jameson’s white whale is nothing quite so noble as the truth. All the Editors That Are Fit to Spoof 2011-08-10T21:16:38Z The scientists who study whales, however, say Keiko’s story simply demonstrates how not to return an orca to the wild. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z The Maori creation myth features a whale but it bases itself on something else; the belief that we are all, every one of us, welcome. The Sea Inside by Philip Hoare; Feral by George Monbiot – review 2013-06-03T07:00:04Z Xanterra Travel Collection, which operates Yellowstone National Park and several other parks in the United States, is transporting humpback whales and bighorn sheep to family rooms across the country. While at Home, Let’s Color the World 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Both tourists and whales in Baja learn that such proximity is OK, whereas federal regulations prohibit such interaction in the United States. In Mexico’s Magdalena Bay, humans and whales meet up 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The biggest mistake here, though, is a misbegotten decorousness that sinks the movie, stoving it as calamitously as an enraged whale. Review: ‘In the Heart of the Sea,’ It’s Man vs. Leviathan 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Bonus: The California gray whale undertakes its epic 10,000-mile migration from Alaska to Mexico and back from January through April — and I’d heard it was possible to see these beasts from shore. Fun day trips await across the Golden Gate Bridge in Northern California 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z “Tourists are confused and whales are confused,” she says. In Mexico’s Magdalena Bay, humans and whales meet up 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Care was also taken not to disturb the orcas, humpback whales and manta rays in the surrounding waters. 5 New Standout Safari Camps 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Like humpback whales, the Safari Endeavour followed the Pacific Coast down from Alaska to winter in warmer waters. On Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, a voyage of discovery 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Of the 12 whales that were necropsied or examined at sea last year, two died from entanglement, four from blunt-force trauma, and the rest were too decomposed to tell for sure. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z In the 18th century, it targeted whales, reducing northern hemisphere cetacean populations into isolated pockets of endangered species in order to make lamp oil and lubricants. Fool’s gold: what fish oil is doing to our health and the planet 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The cabinet was big as three refrigerators side-by-side, divided by tens of 6-inch-square drawers packed with hundreds of index cards, references for the mammoth collection of whaling logbooks held at the Research Library. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z It took 45 minutes for the whales to pass. Worth the trip: Spy San Juan whales and sample what’s new 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z As swimming with dolphins, sharks and even whale sharks becomes an increasingly common tourist attraction, Australia’s Sunreef dive company is thinking bigger – 80,000 pounds bigger, to be exact. Swimming With the Whales in Australia 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Colbert was singing, "I say solar power is bound to fail / I say it's time to frack the whales." Neil Young teams with Stephen Colbert for a semi-environmental song 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z They developed a method of identifying individual whales in part by the raised and roughened patches, called callosities, growing in unique patterns on their skin. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z But at the same time, Nantucketers were depleting the stock of fish close to their shores, which meant whales would no longer have reason to approach the island. 'In the Heart of the Sea' Author Says Story Is a Parable for Climate Change 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z “We will get to meet new characters, like an octopus, sea lions, a beluga whale, among others.” First trailer for Pixar sequel Finding Dory washes up 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z She and her husband jumped on the deal and soon found themselves scuba diving in the South Pacific with humpback whales. Those Irresistible Price Alerts: ‘HOT!! Chicago to Barcelona, Spain for Only $272’ 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The decline of right whales started centuries ago, when they were targeted as the “right” whale to hunt because they were slow and floated when killed. This species of whale was close to disappearing a century ago. They’re fading once again. 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The spine was slid, piece by piece, onto a curved steel pole that ran the length of the whale. Building Field Museum's beasts a giant undertaking 2011-05-17T00:27:00Z Or maybe his death will herald the total collapse of society and the BBC will just drag two drunks from the burning streets to ramble over footage of leaping whales. Life Story: is this David Attenborough’s swan song? 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Well, there are thousands of stories of men getting chewed by whales. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z But it’s also a memorial to the dire and continuing ecological effects that 19th century industrial-scale whaling introduced. At the Met, Protest and Poetry About Water 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Those circumstances forced whaling expeditions farther and farther out to sea in search of the fuel that had once been relatively easy find. 'In the Heart of the Sea' Author Says Story Is a Parable for Climate Change 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Most squid that sperm whales swallow are bioluminescent — the neon flying squid is a favorite. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z The whale I'd painted in poster paint using my mother's clear nail varnish to make it look slicker and shiny as if it had just come out of the water. Philip Hoare: a life in writing 2013-06-21T15:37:01Z She calls herself a “whale shark” of the museum world, constantly taking in new data, filtering it, and then using social media, blog posts and an annual report, “TrendsWatch,” to disseminate it in strategic ways. A unique chance to figure what the future of museums looks like 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z He thinks that down here great whites alter their gray seal diet and subsist on porpoises, right whales and smaller sharks. Discovery Channel looks to regain its bite with its favorite franchise 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z The whale, he reported, was not the species that swallowed Jonah. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z “I spent almost every weekend going to some of the most beautiful beaches in the Maritime provinces,” says Wimmer, “and almost every one of them had a very large dead whale on it.” How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z A whale rots in the “half-moon of the bay” as the island is battered by a tsunami, an earthquake and tourists. Off the Coast of Los Angeles, a Father and Daughter Fight to Survive 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z “Fin de Partie,” based on Beckett’s original French version of the play, became the white whale of contemporary music. Review: A 92-Year-Old’s ‘Endgame’ Opera Is Patiently Perfect 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z "This was big business – at the time, whale oil was used all over the world," he said. BBC plans whaling drama based on tale that inspired Moby Dick 2013-04-08T15:02:30Z “We hope that he doesn’t meet any killer whales!” Elephant seal born far from home becomes South African celebrity 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z To land one requires extensive skill, deep-rooted relationships with whales and the Arctic environment, and cooperation between all crew members. Climate change is melting Arctic ice cellars 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Even the title seems to know it: It’s a local term for what happens when a whaler harpoons a whale. Review: A ‘Nantucket Sleigh Ride’ with Frozen Disney and Hot Lobster 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Perhaps, after the elephants and the whales all die, it is enough to forestall the drowning of Hong Kong. How Climate-Change Fiction, or “Cli-Fi,” Forces Us to Confront the Incipient Death of the Planet 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z If we ignore the white whale that is Ernest, this novel questions how to combine romantic desire with a drive to live for yourself; to work. Paula McLain Returns to ‘The Paris Wife’ Territory 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z “That’s what happens when you rescue your father from the belly of the whale,” he says. Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the potato knish has become my culinary white whale, if you will. Happy Hanukkah! This year, celebrate the knish 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z It seemed perfect, then, that those forces would converge for “Mount Wittenberg Orca,” a suite of songs inspired by whales, performed last year at the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in SoHo. Playlist: New CDs From Bjork, Barry Harris and Dwele 2010-07-09T23:42:00Z For my birthday I'm trying to go diving with whale sharks. David Hasselhoff: 'If we have to go with the Hoff to pay the rent, let's go with the Hoff' 2012-08-05T19:00:01Z Could Greenpeace lend an icebreaker to get the whales out? Drew Barrymore saves the whales and melts cold war ice in Big Miracle 2012-02-09T13:12:00Z Last year he lost one of the Sea Shepherd fleet's vessels, the trimaran Ady Gil, when it crashed into a Japanese whaling ship. The whalers' worst nightmare sets sail again 2011-06-03T19:04:00Z Despite our best efforts to watch whales, they elude us this day. Explore one of the most remote regions in the continental U.S., Washington’s Olympic National Park 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Lawrence once sent his wife, Frieda, a curious little present — a drawing of Jonah confronting the whale. A Rebellious Victorian Woman Rescued From History’s Shadows 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z For centuries, a whale could be valued only when it was dead, hunted and divvied up for its blubber, oil and meat. An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Boats are shown rusting in the sea; a giant whale’s skeleton rots on the beach. Portrait of a country 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z These clean, stripe-shirted surfer boys kind of look like they might go find someone to beat the hell out of after this performance — or even start whaling on each other. Drugs, paranoia and a creepy Charles Manson connection: Why we’re still fascinated with the dark drama of the Beach Boys 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The black youth is Pip, and together Pip and Ishmael agree to run away together, not on a raft on the Mississippi but aboard a Nantucket whaling ship. Television Review: Ahab Has a Wife and a Heart. Oh, and a Whale. 2011-07-31T22:18:03Z Her performance as Stéphanie, a killer whale trainer who suffers a terrible accident. Marion Cotillard: five best moments 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z There's a magical moment in Act 1 when the crew of the Pequod encounter a pod of whales. SF Opera: A whale, a swan and 2 lovers 2012-10-21T20:33:09Z The aquatic scene, in which a giant whale opens up to swallow a merchant ship, is especially lively. Art in Review: ?THE ROMAN MOSAIC From Lod, Israel? 2010-12-23T22:15:17Z The oil from whales formed part of the nitroglycerine explosives used in World War II. The magnetic polarity of the earth totally reverses every once in a while, too, we may as well add. Facts About the Natural World Astound and Delight in These Picture Books 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Captive whales could also carry diseases with them, which would threaten wild animals. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z I’ll scour the new knowledge, trimming and resting and sweating the details, all in pursuit of nabbing that elusive white whale. What are they smoking? At a Texas barbecue camp, it’s gotta be brisket. 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z At present, the fate of the whole group of whales is unknown, though there has been speculation in the Chinese press that they could wind up at new marine parks in China. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z One of the earliest sketches we have of Manhattan shows a whale in the Hudson River. When Manhattan Was Mannahatta: A Stroll Through the Centuries 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Those whales also face threats from collisions with boats and getting entangled in fishing gear, she said. Most humpback whales removed from the endangered species list 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Huston even sourced original harpoons from the long-forgotten lofts of ship chandlers who’d worked in the Yorkshire whaling port of Hull. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z To enter the store, visitors navigate Card’s ‘‘deconstructed forest,’’ only to find themselves in the belly of a beast — a wooden tunnel that resembles a crudely assembled whale skeleton. T Magazine: Space Craft 2010-10-27T14:35:00Z The transformation in Exposition Park was completed last year as the museum celebrated its 100th anniversary with the opening of a new glassed-in entrance hall sporting a huge fin whale skeleton as a greeter. Pisano to step down after 13 years leading L.A.'s Natural History Museum 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z It started out with an invocation for whales, 'cause the whales are right there in the harbour. Laurie Anderson: music for dogs and Obama 2013-02-13T20:00:01Z A massive bull sperm whale slammed his body across the hull of the Essex, from whose deck men were trying to harpoon him and render his blubber into energy. My ancestors, the cannibals: Whaling, human sacrifice and the true story of “Moby-Dick” 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z More recently, just last summer, seven killer whales were captured by a Russian company in the Sea of Okhotsk, northeast of Japan, dramatically increasing the list of captive orcas. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z The next whale is something of a cross between a mongoose and a porpoise; and the whale after that is basically a big mole with flippers. Building Field Museum's beasts a giant undertaking 2011-05-17T00:27:00Z We walk through Utría National Park, swiping through images on our phones, zooming in on our whale photos and squinting to see each other’s videos. The magic factor to a solo Colombia adventure: Turtle power 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z It’s about the whales, of course, and the difficulties of rigorous research, but “Fathom” also investigates the obstacles that female scientists face in the field. New this week: Whales, ‘LFG,’ ‘Mysterious Benedict Society’ 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z We’ll still be looking for that next “Gone Girl,” the thriller fan’s equivalent of Ahab’s great white whale. Cool Beach Books for Hot Summer Days 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z But you can invite your neighbors over to watch a blue whale float through your living room only so many times. Virtual Reality’s Potential Displayed at Game Developers Conference 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Several other operators offer outings during whale season, January to April. In Mexico’s Magdalena Bay, humans and whales meet up 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Gavron gets an amazing shot when a pregnant whale is brought in by fishermen: a tiny whale foetus is cut out of it and laid wonderingly on the shore. Village at the End of the World – review 2013-05-09T21:00:04Z Raffles makes us sift for meaning; how do they connect, these juxtaposed narratives about Indigenous history, whaling, his sister Franki’s photographs of women at work? Grief and Geology Both Take Time in ‘The Book of Unconformities’ 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z I hope in my lifetime that I will see the end of whaling. Drew Barrymore saves the whales and melts cold war ice in Big Miracle 2012-02-09T13:12:00Z Devolution, animal rights, save the star whale, freedom of information, civil liberties, openness, the monarchy, police brutality, North Korea. Doctor Who and A Passionate Woman 2010-04-12T05:45:00Z “Admiral, if we were to assume these whales are ours to do as we please, we would be as guilty as those who caused their extinction.” How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z From Pinocchio to Free Willy, from Whale Rider to Blackfish, cinema has frequently dallied with what the whale might, or might not, mean. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z For her five-year “Bird Brain” project, for instance, she and her dancers — performing outside — followed the migrational path of birds and gray whales. From the Prairie to the City, Dancing to Invoke the Dawn 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Ron Oviok Sr, 72, sat under a skin boat turned sideways to block the wind, going over the times he’d helped bring in a whale. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The second part of "Unfamiliar Fishes" focuses on other aspects of America's incursions, such as the impact of the whaling industry and, crucially, how commercial concerns staged a coup that toppled the Hawaiian monarchy. 'Unfamiliar Fishes': Sarah Vowell's sad but scintillating history of Hawai'i 2011-03-16T22:23:04Z The fire-breathing, reptilian monster - a combination of the Japanese words for whale and gorilla - is a mutation caused by nuclear testing. New Godzilla film to be made in Japan 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z In the ocean, the ultra-rare Arabian humpback whale is found, along with turtles and shoals of fish. TV highlights 01/03/2013 2013-03-01T07:00:04Z As well as adding a nice local element to Grossman's imagery, the whales appear in various guises in her work and lead us to another recurrent image in this show: the gaping mouth. Lauren Grossman at Platform Gallery: leviathans and hellmouths 2012-04-05T19:30:11Z He was standing on a ladder in the exhibition hall, assembling a pygmy right whale, suspended from the ceiling. Building Field Museum's beasts a giant undertaking 2011-05-17T00:27:00Z In Churchill, a subarctic region on the Hudson Bay, watch for polar bears or beluga whales, depending on the season. Three train trips to celebrate Canada’s Confederation 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Mid-June to the end of July is the best time for whale watching. Practical Traveler: Beat the Crowds to Up-and-Coming Destinations 2011-02-02T04:00:00Z His “Decoy” paintings, in watercolor, gouache, ink and tea on paper, show frolicking whales with cartoonish shark teeth. ‘Sea Change’ and allusions to climate change among artworks at local galleries in January 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Larger mammals such as dolphins and whales can swim away in the short term and search for new habitats. Southern California oil spill puts birds and other wildlife in danger 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z This might seem like a stretch, but the parallels between Chalayan and Cotweiller, and the whale shark in Blue Planet II are off the charts. TV's best dressed – from Jon Snow's Ikea cape to The Crown's 1960s take on Princess Margaret 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Along with his wife, Donner was also a passionate animal advocate, rescuing dozens of dogs over the years and fighting against the captivity of killer whales. `Superman,’ `Lethal Weapon’ director Richard Donner dies 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z But here there is a nice image of a spouting whale. From Loreto, 3 day-trip adventures in Baja’s high desert 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z When accounting only for orcas born in captivity and not captured, SeaWorld’s killer whales had an average life expectancy of 46 years. Some SeaWorld mammals survive longer in captivity 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z As Ishmael narrated Ahab's quest for the whale, so Hoff narrates Seattle's urban scene. Review: Painter chases Seattle's buildup, tearing down 2010-05-20T21:13:00Z To say that "Loving Day" is a book about race is like saying "Moby-Dick" is a book about whales. 'Loving Day's' examination of race is handled with candor, wit 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Land-based whale watching “doesn’t interfere with what the whales are doing, like the Southern Residents who are mainly trying to get enough salmon to survive,” he said. Where the whales are: Discovering marine mammals from shore along the Pacific Coast 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Chami found out that whales may be able to store nine tons of carbon in their body by eating phytoplankton, their main food source. An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z From the page-long list including waterfall visits, surfing, fishing, canoe rides, dolphin searching and bird watching, I choose two: whale watching and a tour around the Utría National Park. The magic factor to a solo Colombia adventure: Turtle power 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z He is determined in his optimism, even as he worries — in the 1980s and 90s — that it may be too late to save the whales, the coral, the glaciers and the fish. ‘Becoming Cousteau’ Review: The Old Man and the Sea 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z In celebration of the release, the Jared Coffin House, a former whaling captain’s mansion, is offering a two-night package that includes accommodations, a copy of the book and two tickets to the Nantucket Whaling Museum. Hotel and Resort News: Music in Paris, Coffee Lessons in Orlando 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z In these waters, dolphins and — from July to August — humpback whales are more common than tourists. What a Coup: Madagascar's Masoala Peninsula 2011-03-24T13:30:00Z The predators trolled warm ocean waters 1.5 million to 25 million years ago, growing longer than the size of one or possibly two city buses and eating whales and dolphins for snacks. Prehistoric shark teeth for auction in Dallas 2011-03-22T11:13:17Z The bears are attracted to the village in part because of its annual bowhead whale hunt, allowed under native treaties. In this Alaskan village, get nose-to-nose with polar bears 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z It was large enough to prey on whales, and the model features 130 3-D-printed teeth. At Museums and Auctions, Paintings, Posters and a Magician’s Treasures 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Day got wind of a whale hunt shortly after he and his sound recordist were rappelled 100ft down a cliff to a slippery ledge for a night to film the Faroese guga hunt. 'We were trying not to get hit by their tails' – how I filmed the Faroe whale hunt 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z June through November: Expect blue whales and humpback whales. At California’s wild Farallon Islands, meet nature on nature’s terms 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Things heat up when Sam's invention is quietly marketed as "RePose," inviting amazed clients to the "Salon Styx" to commune with projections of their loved ones on computers with "monitors larger than whales." 'Goodbye for Now': Laurie Frankel's novel of love, grief and digital resurrection 2012-08-02T20:09:06Z I’m not suggesting much actual sympathy should be felt, either for them, or us – we’re not saving whales or researching killer diseases – but cutting them a little slack is only fair. Cara Delevingne should be cut some slack – TV interviews are seldom fun 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z The situation also galvanized a rare coalition of forces more accustomed to conflict with one another — big oil and environmental activists, the U.S. and Soviet Union — to work together to save the whales. 'Big Miracle': Breathing life into tale of three trapped whales 2012-02-02T21:07:06Z It was all very basic – no whale noises or essential oils – but it did the job. The secret of power napping 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z In a news release, it noting that Tilikum was near the high end of the average life expectancy for male killer whales. SeaWorld killer whale Tilikum of 'Blackfish' movie fame dies 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The skeleton of a sperm whale, never shown before, will be displayed surrounded by the myriad creatures which feed on its carcass for up to 50 years after its death. Victorian glass sea models to be displayed at Natural History Museum 2010-05-24T07:24:00Z New Zealander Pete Bethune is currently on trial in Tokyo for boarding a Japanese vessel in an attempt to stop the annual whale hunt in the Antarctic. Dolphin hunt film screenings cancelled in Tokyo 2010-06-05T05:36:00Z But there are also opportunities to pitch in on research projects at whale calving grounds in Maui or assist with archaeological site restoration in New Mexico. Practical Traveler: Budget Excursions for Volunteers 2011-07-13T15:01:50Z Mr. Heppner’s concern right now is Ahab’s prosthesis, the legacy of his first tangle with the great whale. Jake Heggie Makes ?Moby-Dick? an Opera 2010-04-24T02:46:00Z The whale didn’t care for you enough to consume you because you were not its sustenance. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z He likes it even less when Victor starts reminding him of Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab in that movie about the whale. Books Of the Times: ‘Vengeance,’ a New Novel by Benjamin Black 2012-08-13T21:47:45Z “The whale crier proclaims the good news that the whales are here,” he described his role proudly. In South Africa, Whale Watching Is a Waiting Game (With Penguins) 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z "Now, we have to haul up water by buckets from siġluaqs because the permafrost is thawing out. Otherwise, our whale meat will all go bad. . . . Will we need a big freezer in the future?" Climate change is melting Arctic ice cellars 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Day had just enough time to recharge his camera batteries before the whale hunt began. 'We were trying not to get hit by their tails' – how I filmed the Faroe whale hunt 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z But what a brilliant idea – dragons are, after all, much better than whales. Age of the Dragons: Moby-Dick without whales 2011-03-09T08:55:00Z Entangled whales may die of infection or starvation, and the stress of it all might even be causing females to delay pregnancy, which means not only more dead whales, but fewer calves too. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z But the science does suggest that numerous non-human species suffer from psychiatric symptoms. Birds obsess; horses on occasion get pathologically compulsive; dolphins and whales—especially those in captivity—self-mutilate. Why animals don’t get schizophrenia (and people do) 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z The CD she played to end the class was whale song, that cliche. Joe Dunthorne short story: The Shapes We Made 2012-12-23T00:06:34Z The plight of that whale family wasn't exactly on the level of an assassination or major terrorist act. 'Big Miracle': Breathing life into tale of three trapped whales 2012-02-02T21:07:06Z It also features a print of a pastel beach scene by N. C. Wyeth, who summered on the island in the 1920s, as well as a whale jaw bone as big as a canoe. ?Jersey Shore,? Reality Versus Reality TV 2011-09-09T18:55:00Z He is its premise, its axiom, its great white whale. Review: ‘The End of the Tour’ Offers a Tale of Two Davids 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Another method is monitoring whale songs from fixed underwater locations. Experts meet in Hawaii to understand decline of humpback whales 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Welcome the Whales Day: To honor and celebrate the arrival of gray whales to Whidbey Island, educational displays, costume-making, kids’ activities, 11 a.m. Earth Day, bunnies and whales | Weekend Preview 2014-04-16T23:40:41Z She cites “Fathom,” which follows female scientists studying humpback whales in an effort to communicate with them, as made for the big screen. AFI Docs returns to the theater — carefully — after going entirely online last year 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z For the Inupiat villagers who have made their homes on this finger of land in the Chukchi Sea for generations, nothing is more important than the bowhead whale. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z "It was necessary to take eight years to photograph all of these," Salgado said gesturing towards his captivating images of albatrosses, whales and penguins from a trip to Argentina and Antarctica. Photographer Salgado captures untouched nature in new UK show 2013-04-09T17:21:48Z After the accident, Greene struggled to give whale watching tours, afraid the whales would come too close when he had kids on the boat. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The wooden walls are autonomous, sliding planes, above which the milky glass skin is held aloft on racks of timber ribs, like the skeleton of an upturned whale. Renzo Piano's new Oslo art gallery is a strangely soulless place 2012-10-11T12:30:00Z Originally published in South Korea in 2004, this magical-realist novel follows the life of an ambitious young woman who builds a movie theater designed to look like a whale. Subversive Novels Dominate Shortlist for International Booker Prize 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z He opts for a localized anesthetic during a surgery, and while the doctors are working he begins talking to them about … whales. A Wide-Roaming and Personal Meditation on Dürer and His Art 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z They examined the Underground Railroad, the role of black sailors in the 19th-century whaling industry and the Great Migration of blacks from the South. Fredrick L. McKissack, Children’s Book Author, Dies at 73 2013-05-09T22:41:33Z And of course they are on the lookout for whales. 2 shows that take a lighthearted look at the holidays 2011-12-08T21:45:04Z I had whale meat stew above the Arctic Circle in a small, candlelit restaurant on Norway’s Lofoten Islands. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z “Regulations are also far stricter, and far more complex, for our endangered southern resident killer whales,” Schmidgall said. Seattle summer staycation: 3 day trips to take from the Seattle waterfront 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z If you’re lucky, you may even catch a glimpse of whales in the ocean far below. Eight colorful hikes to celebrate National Wildflower Week 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z A more realistic worry for whaling would be an oil spill from an offshore Arctic drilling rig, he said. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The biggest threat to the whaling tradition he sees is the distraction caused by technology like video games and the Internet. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z A few dive in on the downbeat, shouting “Whoop!” as if to mimic the call of a whale. The Asia Issue: Asian Odysseys 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z Best of all, homemade means custom made, so my baby whale is just straight up chocolate ice cream and Oreo crumbs, no vanilla necessary. Make your own Fudgie the Whale for one: Easy individual ice cream cakes make every day a party 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z He made it at a time when whale culling was at its height, powered by grenade harpoons and factory ships. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z At the end of the table is a column titled Remarks, where any odd occurrences – a particularly profitable voyage, a mutiny, or a whale killing a sailor, among others – are noted. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z A dead whale doesn’t have to be a certain signal or a bad omen. The lasting testament of Jane Alexander 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z New opportunities this year include collecting moth specimens, listening to whale “singing” with a marine biologist, searching for the island’s endangered racer snake and going on a geology tour by boat, taxi or hike. Tours and Parks News: Wildlife Events in Saba, Diving in Bonaire 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z This time it's Nathaniel Philbrick, winner of a National Book Award for his earlier work, "In the Heart of the Sea," the dramatic story of the wreck of a whaling ship. 'The Last Stand': An end for Custer, Sitting Bull and a way of life 2010-05-12T23:19:00Z SUN Charter boat, wine, food, possible whale sightings; proceeds benefit Orca Network’s new Langley Whale Center, 5 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-03-25T16:35:26Z So after hiking out to a viewpoint, we sat down to eat a sack lunch and he cheekily asked, “OK, where are the whales?” Worth the trip: Spy San Juan whales and sample what’s new 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z And it was, at the very end, the last piece of line was sort of cut into the whale's mouth and it was bleeding. Uncovering the "Secrets of the Whales," from beluga baby names to fascinating seafood preferences 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Around La Paz, the Gulf of California’s protected waters host an abundance of migrating whales. Head to La Paz rather than overdeveloped Los Cabos for the real Baja California Sur 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The whale had remained at a distance at that time. Giant whale calf nearly collides with free diver in Tahiti: Video 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Sandstrom was buoyed by the success but alarmed by the endangered status of another population: Southern Resident killer whales in the Salish Sea, shared between Washington State and British Columbia. Where the whales are: Discovering marine mammals from shore along the Pacific Coast 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Even when you questioned Mr. Heggie’s choices — the oddly seductive rhythm that accompanied Ahab’s last tango with the whale, for example — you could still acknowledge its effect. Music Review: In ?Moby-Dick? in Dallas, Big Role for the Roiling Sea 2010-05-02T22:07:00Z Nancy finds refuge first atop a whale carcass, and then on that pile of rocks. “The Shallows” Sticks All Too Close to the Surface 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z It may be impossible to assemble whales on demand, but travel businesses are otherwise reconfiguring their look and the experiences they offer with visual posts in mind. Instagram Offers Visual Allure, and the Travel Industry Wants In 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z She dreams of finding the full skeleton of Ambulocetus, an ancestor of the whale. A Daughter of Bangladeshi Revolutionaries Makes Sense of Life After War 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z A year later, Harris was off to Barrow, Alaska, where he documented Inupiat Eskimos on a whale hunt. | The PG Lives of X-Rated Stars 2013-05-16T21:05:59Z Successful whaling crews have always hauled the massive animals onto the ice using a block and tackle. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z In Lynne Kelly’s “Song for a Whale ,” 12-year-old Iris takes on a mission to aid a baleen whale, which may be deaf like she is, as well as half a world away. KidsPost Summer Book Club: ‘The Bridge Home’ 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The shows, about 20 minutes each, feature acrobatics by both the killer whale and three to six Pacific white-sided dolphins. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z Nearly hunted to extinction in the mid 20th century, blue whales looking for a date had to search entire ocean basins for mates that were few and far between. Sex in the sea: What we can learn from underwater orgies, beach sand bondage and kinky lobster courtship 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z While the survival rates have steadily improved over the past five decades, they don’t speak to the quality of life that whales, dolphins and sea lions have at SeaWorld parks. Some SeaWorld mammals survive longer in captivity 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Aspy was paddling solo but hardly alone: Every year from typically November through May, as many as 12,000 humpback whales winter here after migrating from Alaska. A Maui vacation in three acts 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Over the years Mr. Horn performed all over the world, recorded with accompaniment ranging from synthesizers to killer whales, and was nominated for several Grammys. Paul Horn, a Founding Father of New Age Music, Dies at 84 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Just as he said this, Ben took off his shoes, and it was as if he’d conjured the funk of a decomposing whale. His adoption secret 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z At one point, the choir walked to the front of the chapel and performed an experimental piece involving an electronic backing of whale sounds, the girls’ red outfits standing out among the boys’ white robes. After 350 Years of Tradition, a Boys’ Choir Now Admits Girls 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z "I'm rooting for SeaWorld to change its business model, retire the whales and stop the breeding program," Berg said. 'Blackfish' documentary dives into killer whale captivity 2013-07-18T21:58:39Z Mr. Stucky seems intent on overstating, with his beefing up of brasses and percussion, including piano, glockenspiel, vibraphone, chimes, tamtam, bass drum and whaling timpani. Music Review: Boston Symphony’s Two Nights at Carnegie Hall 2014-02-13T21:25:01Z But the disappearance of many whales from this historically predictable location is causing concern. Experts meet in Hawaii to understand decline of humpback whales 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z In the past, whales would drag a boat’s crew for hours after being harpooned, a tradition referred to as a “Nantucket sleigh ride.” My ancestors, the cannibals: Whaling, human sacrifice and the true story of “Moby-Dick” 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The Lives of a Cell, dating from around the time of the first photograph of the Earth from space and the discovery that whale song consists of complex organised patterns, is among the best. Caspar Henderson's top 10 natural histories 2012-10-10T10:33:31Z Curved bowhead jawbones, tall as trees, now mark the graves of whaling captains and encircle the town cemetery. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Chances are they do not think of rugged, windswept expanses littered with boulders, starfish and driftwood, bald eagles flying overhead as gray whales spout water in the distance. Explorer: Hiking Washington State’s Rocky Olympic Coast 2012-07-13T16:31:29Z There are wineries to visit and whales to watch. On the Road to Uruguay’s Barely Known and Beautiful Beaches 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Missing lunch can be a serious matter in New London, a once-prosperous shipping and whaling town in southeastern Connecticut, where the economy in the 21st century has run aground. Former Noma chef turns his talents to school food. But will students go for it? 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z And for the past 20 years or so, there has been a campaign by local whale activists to return Lolita to her native waters. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z In Ken Kwapis’s “Big Miracle,” these unlikely allies find themselves doing something unexpected: trying to save three California gray whales trapped in the ice near Barrow, Alaska. Movie Review: ?Big Miracle,? With Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski 2012-02-03T01:26:43Z Another giant model whale they were using is said to have drifted into the Irish Sea: the RAF had to be called out to hunt it down as a danger to shipping. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Driving west from Billings, a gray road rises like the hump of a whale and you momentarily can’t see where it leads. A Rookie’s Road Trip Through Montana, Wyoming and Idaho 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The new show is about killer whales’ role in the ocean ecosystem, behaviors the animals exhibit in the wild, the importance of conservation to their habitat and animal welfare practices at SeaWorld. Sea World Orlando to change killer whale show in 2020 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The ship cruises the Sea of Cortez, and includes several days of watching gray whales. See Baja on a Ship With a Past 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Using extraordinary footage, Blackfish examined the treatment of performing whales at SeaWorld in Florida, focusing on Tilikum, an orca that has been involved in the deaths of three people. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Travelers to the Pacific Northwest are sometimes lured by postcard promises of orca whales or the Space Needle against a backdrop of lofty peaks. In the Yakima Valley, Serious Wines and Sweeping Vistas 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Ten Chi is occasionally funny, often beautiful and consummately performed, but, as with the whale, you don't see the underbelly. Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: Ten Chi – review 2012-06-18T18:18:06Z Explore the surface where you may be bumped by docile whale sharks or go eyeball-to-eyeball with schools of silvery pompano. Best Places in the South 2010-02-17T21:30:00Z Photograph: Katie Orlinsky He can taste that whale meat kept in ice cellars is not staying as cold as it once did. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z It plays in Anchorage, hits the feed and after a producer in New York notes that Brokaw is “a sucker for fish stories,” the trapped whales become national news. Big Miracle: A Slice of 80s Nostalgia, With a Side of Whale 2012-02-02T17:37:40Z They talked about watching whales just offshore in the winter. Rich in Surprises and Secrets, There’s a State Park Waiting for You 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z And he sees the same kind of unity in "extensive herds" of sperm whales, as though "numerous nations of them had sworn solemn league and covenant for mutual assistance and protection." The lessons "Moby Dick" has for a warming world of rising waters 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Legions of whales transit Morro Bay — humpbacks May to October, and gray whales November to April — and several companies run tours for about $45, with discounts for seniors, students and children. Six US budget vacation destinations offer bounty for the frugal 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z MS Whale Patrol 9pm, Eden Approximately 17,000 humpback whales leave their feeding grounds in Antarctica each summer, making their way to breeding sites in the warmer waters off the west coast of Australia. Tonight's TV highlights: Keith Richards: A Culture Show Special 2010-10-27T23:04:00Z Weathered and wild-haired, Ahab is a grizzled sea captain on the hunt, dragging his crew across oceans in search of his particular prey: the whale who took half his leg. At Under the Radar, Stories Unfold via Sexts, Tweets and Puppeteers 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z From war to whale … Nineveh at Riverside Studios, London. Nineveh – review 2013-05-01T13:01:12Z Fifty years ago, the biologist Robert Payne first eavesdropped on a humpback whale community and heard whale song. Checking In on the Culture of Macaws, Sperm Whales and Chimpanzees 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z When it strikes the whale, a core filled with explosive powder detonates, usually killing the animal instantly. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Skerry remembers showing a scientist footage he captured revealing how a 30,000-ton sperm whale nursed her calf, an act some researchers believed might never be known, let alone filmed. NatGeo’s ‘Secrets of the Whales’ surfaces little-known facts 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z The whale’s splitting the boat clean in half. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Cut to Presley in his final performance in Indianapolis, less than two months before he died, slobbering into the microphone and flailing around like a beached whale. Shake, rattle and Rolls: across America in the shadow of Elvis 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z “Blackfish,” about the potential danger of keeping killer whales captive, has received scathing responses from Sea World, owner of the theme park where an orca killed a trainer in 2010. The Carpetbagger: ‘Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer’ and ‘The Square,’ Shortlisted 2014-01-01T22:34:22Z At one point, Tolstoy compares himself with one of “three Jonahs in a whale’s belly.” The sparks fly when Tolstoy, Jefferson and Dickens meet in the afterlife 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z For Mr. Kelly, the open skies of the harbor and the streets paved with stone blocks that had been whaling ships’ ballast softened the culture shock of shifting from Old World to New. Ellsworth Kelly, an Artist Who Mixed Abstract With Simplicity, Dies at 92 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z "Sailor had never met a whale shark before," she said. Dog kisses shark during boat trip off the coast of Australia 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The group of species with the largest brain relative to body size were large dolphins, such as the killer whale and the pilot whale, Shultz said. Among brainy sea creatures, killer whales are some of the smartest 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z She invented a moody Nantucket captain obsessed with chasing a fabled whale, only the whale is pink and he wants to find it because they are dear friends. The Practical Magic of Joan Aiken, the Greatest Children’s Writer You’ve Likely Never Read 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Figuratively speaking, the whale Turner was trying to capture was the Sublime, a topic on the minds of the philosophers, artists and poets of his day. In Turner Paintings at the Met, the Bloody Business of Whaling 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z He’s insightful, too, about the poems, and about how Frost’s “15 years or so of farming were as valuable to him as Melville’s whaling or Faulkner’s Mississippi.” In Robert Lowell’s ‘Memoirs,’ Mental Illness, Creative Friends and a Takedown of Dad 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z The whaling ban remains in effect, despite the new classification. Most humpback whales removed from the endangered species list 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z |
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