Hvalur hf. plans to change course and, for the time being, shelve the sale of whale meat to Japan, instead using meat from its fin whales to produce an iron supplement.

The District Prosecutor has charged two men and one woman with attempted major drug offenses dating back to 2024.

“Marine mammals have significantly higher concentrations of iron in their muscles than land animals. Among land animals, beef has one of the highest levels, at around 40 mg/kg of dry weight, while fin whale meat contains around 300 mg/kg of dry ...

Tinna Bessadóttir, a designer and event manager, accuses the municipality of Hafnarfjörður of taking over the Álfahátíð festival, which she says she created and developed from scratch.

Þverá/Kjarrá, Eystri-Rangá and Ytri-Rangá all passed the 2,000-salmon mark yesterday. Þverá/Kjarrá naturally stands out among the three, as it is a wild salmon river, while the other two rely entirely on the release of juvenile salmon.

Less than three hours after leaving Iceland, I’m descending over a maze of tiny islands and icebergs scattered across impossibly blue water and land in the brand-new airport in Qaqortoq, South Greenland’s biggest town. Qaqortoq is home to around ...

Iceland has long cultivated an image of exceptionalism. Its purported uniqueness has been both a source of pride and a useful political argument. The idea that the island has always stood apart from the rest of Europe has repeatedly surfaced in debat...

“Find the Oystercatchers, and you’ll find the Little Auk.” This was the SMS instruction I got from one of my good birder friends, as I set sail from Dalvík on a Monday morning at nine, having driven from Reykjavík just past midnight. My trust...

A total eclipse of the sky West Iceland experienced a total eclipse on August 12. For those trying to glimpse this celestial event from the ground, most of west Iceland was however blanketed by a thick cloud cover, the exception being a few locations...

My first open mic in 2010 was a complete and fantastic disaster. I immediately forgot everything I had planned to say as I stepped onto the small stage in a cafe in Virginia. I gulped and closed my eyes, hoping that I could recall anything. But nothi...