Archaeologists in Iceland have discovered what may be a rare Viking Age toy carved out of stone, but it's anyone's guess as to which animal it depicts. The figurine, which experts dated to between ...
Update: No commercial whaling for fin whales—a threatened species—occurred in Iceland in 2019, 2020, and 2021. In 2022, the Hvalur whaling company resumed activities, and 148 fin whales were killed.