There is currently a carcass of a whale, possibly a bottle-nosed variety, floating in the water next to the famed…

There has been an unexplained increase in beached whales in Iceland, especially in the east, where three whales have beached…

Iceland’s Minister for the Environment, Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson of the Left-Green Party, is not convinced that Iceland’s whaling policies are…

A valiant rescue effort to herd a pod of pilot whales in west Iceland was successful, but now the whales…

Hvalur hf, the last Icelandic whaling company to hunt endangered fin whales, never followed Icelandic food handling laws regarding the…

Seventeen scientists in the fields of biology and marine life have issued a joint statement put forward that they consider…

Kristján Loftsson, the director of Iceland’s sole fin whale hunting company, Hvalur hf., gave a very candid interview with Icelandic…

After a two-year break, whale hunting conducted by Hvalur hf. will resume again this summer. MBL reports that the company…

If you’d like for Ser Bronn to give you a tour of Iceland’s Game of Thrones locations and go whale…

The last act of the outgoing Minister of Fisheries was to expand the no-hunting zone for whales in the bay…

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

Rescue workers fought to keep between 100-150 long-finned pilot whales from beaching themselves on Snæfellsnes in west Iceland last night,…

Hunters of minke whales have so far not been able to land very many whales at all, and they are…

The number of hunted whales is expected to rise compared to last year, RÚV reports. Whaler Gunnar Bergman Jónsson hopes…

The Ministry of Fisheries and the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority has granted permission for moving three beluga whales from…

Kristján Loftsson – head of Iceland’s largest whaling company, Hvalur hf. – has announced that he will not be hunting…

A contest launched last week generated quite a response, and a killer whale in Iceland now has a new name….

The start of this month arrived with good news for those who stand against whaling, and for the animals themselves,…

The practice of whaling continues to receive increasing pushback, as a petition signed by both locals and tourists in Iceland…