Mosquitoes are ectothermic and typically become less active as temperatures drop. Some species are more cold-tolerant than ...

It turns out that was no fly. Hjaltason had captured one of Iceland’s first mosquitoes—a Culiseta annulata, one of the ...

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 ...

London/Washington, DC—Conservation and animal welfare groups expressed concern today over news that Iceland’s endangered fin whale hunt will resume this summer. The Icelandic newspaper Skessuhorn ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and WDC—Whale and Dolphin Conservation are calling on the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) to help protect whales from hunting in Iceland. The 2014 SATW’s ...

One of Iceland’s richest men has hit back against claims his whaling company illegally killed a protected blue whale. “We have never caught a blue whale in our waters since they were protected,” ...

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, ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Animals have been abandoned in Iceland as owners were forced to flee (Picture: Getty) As fears of a volcanic eruption grow in Iceland, residents of a small Icelandic village have been forced to flee ...