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, ...

An aerial team from the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium spotted this fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) during a 2017 survey of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Bloomberg) -- Iceland granted a whaling license to the only company in the island nation still carrying out the practice. Hvalur ...

COPENHAGEN, June 11 (Reuters) - Iceland has issued a new licence to its sole remaining whaling company, enabling it to continue hunting this season, the government said on Tuesday, drawing a sharp ...

To mark this year’s 40th anniversary of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling, EIA and a coalition of conservation and animal welfare organisations have joined ...

No whales will be harpooned off the waters around Iceland this year, as the island nation's two whaling companies have decided to abandon the summer whaling season for the first time in 17 years.

As the 53rd meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opens today in London, WWF, the conservation organization, is warning that Iceland's attempt to rejoin the IWC while maintaining a ...

Whale meat for sale at a market in Shimonoseki, Japan -- the country has sharply reduced its imports from Iceland - Copyright AFP/File Daniel SLIM Whale meat for sale ...

Iceland's government said Tuesday that it had granted a license to hunt 128 fin whales for the country's sole whaling company amid widespread criticism of the practice. Iceland, Norway and Japan are ...