Jeremy and Gemma Cooper were 500 miles off the coast of New Zealand when their yacht, the Tai Tam, collided with a sperm whale.

Mae tref Abergwaun yn dathlu 70 mlynedd ers i un o ffilmiau mwyaf Hollywood ar y pryd, Moby Dick, gael ei ffilmio yno.

It's part two of our look at Herman Melville's art history of whales. Thomas Beale's dwarf whales, Melville Marginalia, the whole internet l

Now 175 years old, US author Herman Melville's classic is the ultimate tale of man v whale – but in fact, it questions why humans have been so terrified of these great sea creatures.

There's a baby seagull squeaking in the background all the way through this episode, that's how good the microphones we use are these days,

There's a baby seagull squeaking in the background all the way through this episode, that's how good the microphones we use are these days,

The humpback whale later successfully freed itself after the tide rose in Queensland, Australia.

Happy birthday Melville, bronze whale bones, the whaling ports of Britain, the believability of The Salt Path, reading Marx, deconstructing

Happy birthday Melville, bronze whale bones, the whaling ports of Britain, the believability of The Salt Path, reading Marx, deconstructing

Iceland is one of the only countries that still allows commercial whaling. Norway and Japan are the others. #EuropeNews