LONDON — Iceland’s government said Tuesday that it has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation’s last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year. Animal rights groups say that ...

The drones carry Petri dishes and hover over the blowholes of northern whales. Droplets of their respiratory fluid land on ...

In 2023, Iceland’s government lifted a ban on commercial whaling. The temporary ban had been implemented in June due to animal welfare concerns and was not renewed. But now, commercial whaling in ...

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Washington, DC—Today, Japan and Iceland decided to allow each country’s last remaining whale companies to hunt fin whales, the second largest animal on the planet. Adopting the recommendations of a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Iceland’s largest commercial whaling company, Hvalur hf., has said it will not hunt any fin whales in the summer of 2025. Hvalur hf. exports almost ...

FILE - A fin whale is seen stranded, possibly stuck on its belly, in a shallow fjord on the western coast at Vejle, Denmark, on June 16, 2010. Iceland's government said Tuesday, June 11, 2024 that it ...