Iceland has allowed its only remaining whaling company to continue hunting this season despite criticism from animal rights campaigners. The Nordic country issued a new whaling permit to Hvalur hf, ...

Fin whales can be a beautiful sight in the ocean, but unfortunately, they face many threats, one of which is humans. According to Echo Watch, Iceland has given a whaling license to kill fin whales in ...

Iceland’s system on residues and contaminants is good but the time between sampling and test results could be improved, according to an audit by the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The EFTA ...

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Pet owners were forced to leave their animals behind when Icelandic residents evacuated a coastal town after a nearby volcano began showing signs of an impending eruption. Hundreds of earthquakes were ...

Citing animal welfare concerns, Iceland has suspended its whale hunting season until Aug. 31. This decision follows the release of a government-commissioned independent report that found that many ...

Iceland has given the green light for the resumption of whaling on Friday, much to the dismay of animal rights activists, after suspending it for more than two months in the name of animal welfare.

Japanese restaurants might be serving up less whale meat next year: Iceland’s lone fin whaling company, Hvalur, just announced plans to cancel its summer hunt of endangered fin whales. The Icelandic ...

Reykjavik, Iceland—Photographs (shown below) of an Icelandic whaling vessel dragging dead endangered fin whales to shore for processing were released today by Timothy Baker, an American whale-watching ...

When it comes to commercial whaling, Japan is in the limelight. The country has been widely accused of using a scientific research program as a guise for hunting hundreds of whales a year and selling ...

One of Iceland’s richest men has hit back against claims his whaling company illegally killed a protected blue whale. “We have never caught a blue whale in our waters since they were protected,” ...