Iceland banned commercial whaling in June after a government report found it took too long for whales to die after they were harpooned, in violation of the law on animal welfare. Following the report, ...

While you're browsing your grocery store's meat selection or making the rounds at a specialty fish market, the United States' legal system probably isn't at the forefront of your mind. Obvious or not, ...

Iceland recorded its first verified population of mosquitoes. The cold-tolerant species Culiseta annulata survived Iceland’s ...

Inspired by the tourist popularity of a 1973 plane wreck on a remote beach, JS Watch presented a wristwatch to the pilot who ...

Two orcas harpooned in front of a group of whale watchers puts a spotlight on St. Vincent's controversial whaling practice.

Mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland for the first time, a researcher told the AFP Monday. The volcanically active country has long been one of the world's few mosquito-free places. Three ...

Mosquitoes have been detected in Iceland for the first time as the region warms due to climate change. The disease-carrying insect was first spotted by insect enthusiast Björn Hjaltason, who posted to ...

The skeeters were identified by citizen scientist Björn Hjaltason, who posted a blurb on their encroachment in the Facebook group Insects in Iceland. Hjaltason warned that “the last fortress has ...

The actual whalers gave ground just in time to save many of the species they’d been hunting from extinction. Would that their ...

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Germany plans to deploy its Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft in Iceland as part of an expanded security arrangement ...