According to a statement released by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, people living some 5,000 years ago in the ...

The rapid expansion, over-exploitation and subsequent decline in whale stocks in the northern hemisphere in the 20th century ...

Famed archaeologist Robert Grenier, who led the discovery of the 16th-century Basque whaling ship the San Juan in Labrador, ...

Dame Barbara Rae tells Mike Wade​ what she’ll be looking out for next month when she sets out once again for the Antarctic ...

Shackleton famously reached the whaling station of Stromness on South Georgia in 1916 after spending 18 months stranded on Antarctica with his crew. The now-dilapidated Stromness Manager's Villa was ...

Chris Hemsworth has sparked a frenzy for an immersive Aussie venue packed with a secret bar, wine hallway, shipping-container ...

Work is under way on a South Atlantic island to preserve a key building in the story of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.

From "James" to "Demon Copperhead," literary retellings are having a moment. Xiaolu Guo joins the ranks with her latest ...

This weekend, R&B singer Keyshia Cole and Neko Case are performing. Disney on Ice, skiing and a play about a dysfunctional ...

Once at risk of being wiped out, humpback whales charted a remarkable comeback thanks to their songs. In 1979, National ...

There’s much to read in the the coming months of this year from authors including George Saunders, Tayari Jones, Helen Garner, Ibram X. Kendi, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney and Michael ...

This month, pile your nightstand with a new look at the Windsors, a feminist retelling of Moby Dick, and new novels from Karl ...