Sailing through the remote beauty of the Arctic, we stumbled upon something incredible—and something devastating. Giant whale ...

Lauren H. DeLoach of South Carolina admitted to importing more than $18,000 worth of sperm whale parts from Australia, Latvia ...

Now a crew of biologists, students, volunteers and onlookers is breaking down the carcass in order to send the whale’s bones to their permanent home at a Wasilla museum. Earlier this month ...

Salmon were once a rare sighting in the Alaskan Arctic. But warming temperatures have made them more common up there, and ...

A South Carolina man pleaded guilty to importing and selling sperm whale teeth and bones, a violation of federal wildlife laws, the Justice Department announced. Lauren H. DeLoach, 69, of Saint ...

Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales in the world, reaching 45 tons and living for decades. Their populations were imperiled by historic whaling practices and they are still considered rare ...