When Surtsey erupted from the sea in 1963, it became a living experiment in how life begins anew. Decades later, scientists ...

Mosquitoes were discovered in Iceland for the first time, potentially ending the country's mosquito-free status, adding to ...

Scientists have been aware for some time that whales contribute to marine ecosystems by "recycling" nutrients. However, the ...

Iceland banned commercial whaling in June after a government report found it took too long for whales to die after they were ...

Several onboard sustained minor injuries from the sudden stop of the vessel. Prince of Whales crew members confirm "minimal" ...

Nearly two years after an emaciated fin whale washed up in Maine, the skeleton will be hoisted above the Maine Beer Co. tap room, becoming one of the few places outside of a museum where you can see ...

Anti-whaling activists are targeting UK holidaymakers to Iceland, who they say are responsible for an industry that kills hundreds of the animals each year. British guests in Icelandic hotels and ...

New England Aquarium researchers recently documented what they say was a rare sighting of an endangered fin whale and its calf. Scientists on a July 24 aerial survey flew over the Northeast Canyons ...

The sight of six giant fin whales off the coast of Montauk, New York, was something a drone photographer thought he’d “never see”. Michael Cuomo, who operates under the social handle @‌montaukair, ...

Major Icelandic whaling company Hvalur has just announced that it will not hunt fin whales this summer, Mongabay reported. This announcement comes after a controversial decision by the government of ...

One day in June 2022 Chérine Baumgartner, a researcher at the Icelandic Orca Project, was watching from a dinghy as a pod of killer whales fed on herring—when she noticed something very odd about what ...