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…

A new conservation non-profit hopes to improve the quality of life for orcas around Snæfellsnes peninsula. The non-profit in question,…

When Iceland defeats England this Monday, the losing team can console themselves with a generous offer from the far north….

A major grocery store chain has issued a statement saying they will no longer sell whale meat at their Húsavík…

The whale populations around Iceland are changing in both size and location, some of which is attributable to warming seas….

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

Some 50 humpback whales have cavorted with whale watching boats off the coast of Reykjanes in southwest Iceland in the…