The carcass, reduced to a bony skeleton, measured about 6.5 feet and was surrounded by crawling creatures that fed on its nutrients.

Ferry passengers enjoying the long weekend in Sydney were treated to a rare display after a minke whale began swimming alongside the vessel. The Antarctic minke whale was seen far from home ...

that Japan should withdraw all permits and licenses for whaling in the Antarctic and refrain from issuing any new ones. It said Japan had caught some 3,600 minke whales since its current program ...

The country plans on killing 333 minke whales by the end of next summer ... sending a "research" ship to the Antarctic Ocean. The commission banned commercial whaling in 1986, but since then ...