Embedded in its body were fragments of a harpoon dating back to the late 1800s, a discovery that led scientists to estimate the animal was around 115 years old. The find offered a rare glimpse into ...

The Arctic does not often give up its secrets quickly. Ice, distance, and long stretches of darkness have a way of preserving stories that would disappear elsewhere.

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - Eskimo whale hunters are switching from 19th-century black powder to an explosive considered more humane. During a traditional bowhead whale hunt, a hunter in a wooden-ribbed boat ...