Environment

Japan kills 333 whales in Antarctic

Japan's giant abattoir ship Nisshin Maru with a harpooned minke whale on the deck in January.

Japan's whaling fleet has returned from its Antarctic hunt in the name of scientific research with 333 minke whales, despite international criticism.

Mexican navy says 24 beached whales die

Mexican soldiers and villagers try in vain to move beached whales into deeper waters.

Two dozen pilot whales have died after beaching themselves on the Baja California Peninsula despite efforts to move them into deeper waters, Mexico's navy says.

Japan gives green light to its whalers

A minke whale is unloaded in Kushiro, a port on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, in 2013.

Japan has finally confirmed it will commence whaling in the Antarctic this summer, despite the weight of court decisions and scientific opinion against it.

Court fines Japanese whalers $1 million

Japanese whalers handle a minke whale alongside a harpoon ship in the Antarctic

Japan's whalers have been fined $1 million over their hunt in the Australian Antarctic whale sanctuary, on the eve of ministerial talks between the two countries.