Icelandic whalers hunting fin whales appear to have accidentally killed either a protected blue whale or a rare blue-fin whale…

An unidentified whale recently got into an accident with an Icelandic fishing boat in the south of Iceland, RÚV reports….

Last month, the Grapevine reported on plans to import three beluga whales to an enclosure in the Westman Islands, as…

The Húsavík Whale Museum shared an incredible discovery last Tuesday. Iceland is known for its plethora of whales, drawing hundreds…

A 12-metre-long sperm whale washed up on the beaches of Dalvík yesterday morning, attracting a crowd of onlookers. Dalvík resident…

More than half the minke whale hunting companies in Iceland have either quit the business or gone bankrupt since 2007….

The US Embassy in Iceland has welcomed the news that Iceland will not hunt fin whales this summer, but the…

There will be no whaling at all this summer, and Iceland’s top whaler has expressed regret at even starting it…

A passenger coming from Iceland was stopped by customs at BWI airport and found to be in possession of whale…

A tourist stumbled upon the skeleton of a whale while walking on Seltjarnarnes beach yesterday afternoon, reports RÚV. After informing…

A baby minke whale that beached itself in south Iceland has been freed, and is back in the ocean. RÚV…

A humpback whale that was discovered tangled in netting has been rescued, and is expected to make a full recovery….

A group of Icelanders are headed out to sea to rescue a humpback whale that has been tangled in netting…

Iceland’s largest whaling company reported profits in the billions – but they didn’t come from whaling, which actually operated at…

Some prospective whale watchers were met with a close encounter that, while momentarily scary, left no one harmed. RÚV reports…

A ship carrying 1,700 tonnes of fin whale meat has left Hafnarfjörður. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) calls…

The brewery Steðji by Borgarfjörður uses dung-smoked fin-whale testes to add flavour to its seasonal beer Hvalur 2—Whale 2. This…

Whale hunters have fallen far under quota, making it very probable that there will be a shortage of whale meat…

The Icelandic Coast Guard rescued a whale that had been caught in netting, with the whole event recorded on video….

A humpback whale tangled in some fishing nets in Ísafjarðardjúp off the coast of Iceland’s Westfjord region may not receive…