Research news and updates


Elding's research team
- Sep 8, 2020
Bubble Net Feeding
On our whale watching tour on Sunday, September 6th, we had the chance to witness a behaviour that is still unclear to researchers and...
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Elding's research team
- Jun 8, 2020
Puffin research expedition
Summer time is a wonderful period to observe nature in its maximum splendour. At Elding, we are 'the whale watching pioneers' in...
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Elding's research team
- Apr 16, 2020
Why do we name whales?
Recently we finished our contest “Name a Whale Day 2020”, where we were looking for ideas how to name three humpback whales. The winners...
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Elding's research team
- Jan 23, 2020
A dolphin named 'Puzzle'!
There are over 30,000 white-beaked dolphins in and around Icelandic waters and they are resident here. This means they stay in the same...
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Elding's research team
- Jan 8, 2020
Minke whale abundance: March-August 2019
Minke whales were our most frequently sighted species in the summer of 2019. By using the simple, non-invasive method of...
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Elding's research team
- Dec 20, 2019
MALE ORCA RE-SIGTHED IN ICELAND
Orcas / killer whales are toothed whales that actually belong in the oceanic dolphin family. The species is not too common in the...
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Elding's research team
- Oct 6, 2019
WHALES: PREPARING FOR WINTER
"It seems like the humpback whales are slowly beginning their migration into the more tropical waters! In the past week, we have...
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Elding's research team
- Jul 27, 2019
FOLLOWING OUR TAGGED WHALES
Since our tagging expeditions earlier this month in collaboration and under the expert leadership of Marine Biologist Jacob Levenson, we...
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Elding's research team
- Jul 19, 2019
GROWING OUR RESEARCH PROGRAM
We have been collecting data on the diversity, distribution, abundance and site fidelity of minke whales and humpback whales in the...
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Elding's research team
- Jul 15, 2019
White-beaked dolphins
White-beaked dolphins have been a focus species of our research since 2007, just like the humpback whales and minke whales. We mainly...
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Elding's research team
- Jun 19, 2019
BLUE WHALES IN THE BAY
Two blue whales were encountered from Reykjavík on Iceland's National Day, 17 June 2019! This is the first time in Elding's 19 year...
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Elding's research team
- May 29, 2019
Humpback whales
Elding began its dedicated research of the three main encountered species, white-beaked dolphins, minke whales and humpback whales, in...
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