Tag: hunting

Were Norwegian whalers worried about what they were doing?

Norwegian whaling in the Antarctic consisted of blood, toil and adventure. In his new book, Espen Ytreberg writes about daily life in the industry that ended up almost wiping out the big whales.

More and more female hunters in Norway

More women are choosing to get a hunting license in Norway. The number of female hunters has increased by over 50,000 people in the last 20 years, according to figures from Statistics Norway.

Return of Scandinavian wolves means fewer moose

The predator's return to the Norwegian/Swedish border has led to fewer moose in the areas where wolves have their territories. But hunters still kill far more moose than wolves do, researchers say.

3D artists find inspiration in a bone yard

Morphing long-abandoned whalebone piles into plastic and cardboard art

Low carb diets rocked in the Stone Age

The Neolithic population of Northern Europe maintained a diet based mainly on hunting and fishing even after agriculture became well established.