TOKYO (Reuters) - The main ship in Japan's whaling fleet set out for the Antarctic on Monday for its first hunt in the region since limping home with just over half its planned catch in April ...

Greenpeace is among the most well-known environmental organizations in the world, the result of more than 50 years of headline-grabbing protest tactics. Its activists have confronted whaling ships on ...

A Canadian anti-whaling activist who has dodged arrest in Japan for more than a decade vowed at COP30 in Brazil to continue ...

STOCKHOLM -- Companies are rushing to exploit Arctic resources -- and Greenpeace is determined to thwart that stampede. Employing the same daredevil tactics it has used against nuclear testing or ...

Two areas being targeted for deep sea mining in the Pacific Ocean are home to dolphins and threatened whales, a new scientific survey reveals. Sperm whales, listed as vulnerable by the IUCN, are among ...

Greenpeace protesters dressed as humpback whales scuffle with security in the lobby of OGX Brasil as workers, right, react in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday Aug. 31, 2011. Greenpeace activists are ...

Paul Watson, a Canadian anti-whaling activist, pledges to continue protecting marine life. At COP30 in Brazil, he targeted deep-sea mining and Norway's krill industry, emphasizing oceans' crucial role ...

We're adding a new promise to the Obameter at the suggestion of one of our readers, who called our attention to an outcry by environmental groups that President Obama is breaking a pledge he made on ...