Evidence from Brazil’s coast suggests Indigenous communities hunted whales 5,000 years ago, pushing back the origins of ...

Several harpoons and the remains of whales on the south coast of Brazil show that people 5,000 years ago were able to hunt ...

The hunting of large whales goes back much further in time than previously thought. New research from the Institute of ...

New research shows whale hunting in South America dates back 5,000 years, reshaping views of early maritime societies.

Researchers at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain have put together a multi-dimensional argument that Indigenous ...

Archaeological evidence from southern Brazil indicates that Indigenous communities developed specialized whale hunting ...

Historians and archaeologists long considered that the origins of organised whaling lay in the Arctic region of the Earth. A ...

However, size alone doesn't make sperm whales immune to becoming prey themselves. Their main foes are killer whales, while ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Orcas have long been revered for their intelligence, adaptability, and group-hunting strategies. But one scientific review spanning two decades has revealed a little-known, yet intriguing behavior.