In a rare encounter, a polar bear was spotted near a remote cottage in Iceland-a sighting that quickly turned dangerous.
It was its seventh eruption since December. Iceland’s meteorological office that monitors seismic activity said Wednesday’s ...
Tang, Harriet J. Evans 2023. Reading Animal-Human Relations: Sámr and Gunnarr inNjáls saga. Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 95, Issue. 1, p. 35.
Photographic evidence from anti-whaling groups had shown a large animal being butchered in Iceland early in July - based on these images, some experts concluded that it was a juvenile male blue ...
Update: No commercial whaling for fin whales—a threatened species—occurred in Iceland in 2019, 2020, and 2021. In 2022, the Hvalur whaling company resumed activities, and 148 fin whales were killed.
Almost two years ago, Iceland’s Hvalur Inc., headed by Kristjan Loftsson ... Icelandic citizens are engaged in trade that diminishes the effectiveness of an international program for endangered or ...
Iceland's government has issued a licence to hunt whales to the country's sole whaling company - a move condemned by animal welfare groups. The licence for the 2024 hunting season allows the ...