Pet owners were forced to leave their animals behind when Icelandic residents evacuated a coastal town after a nearby volcano began showing signs of an impending eruption. Hundreds of earthquakes were ...

Iceland has allowed its only remaining whaling company to continue hunting this season despite criticism from animal rights campaigners. The Nordic country issued a new whaling permit to Hvalur hf, ...

Fin whales can be a beautiful sight in the ocean, but unfortunately, they face many threats, one of which is humans. According to Echo Watch, Iceland has given a whaling license to kill fin whales in ...

Washington, DC—Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell issued a formal declaration that Iceland is undermining the effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna ...

LONDON (AP) — Commercial hunting of fin whales can resume in Iceland but with stricter requirements on hunting methods and increased supervision, the North Atlantic island nation’s government said ...

There are over 3,500 species of mosquitoes. It’s nearly impossible to estimate how many individual mosquitoes there are ...

Back in May, News 8 introduced Little Grey and Little White, two Beluga whales that lived in captivity for 11 years in a Chinese Zoo. “There’s something immediately endearing about them. For me ...

Animal conservationists still haven’t pinned the cause on mass whale beachings; nevertheless, they transpire around the globe at an alarming rate. The latest occurrence involved dozens of stranded ...

Washington, DC—Iceland will again allow fin whaling, beginning Sept. 1, but with stricter requirements, the country’s minister of food, agriculture and fisheries announced today. Minister Svandis ...

Iceland’s system on residues and contaminants is good but the time between sampling and test results could be improved, according to an audit by the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The EFTA ...