A team of researchers found the remains of the “Well-man” from an 800-year-old Norse saga and used ancient DNA analysis to reconstruct who he was.

The May issue of Nature Biotechnology contained a commentary by two expatriate Icelanders entitled "Decoding Iceland." The commentary focused on deCODE genetics and a centralized health care ...

Researchers say the discovery matched "very well" with a story documented in a historical text known as the Sverris Saga.

Iceland has an impressive number of waterfalls ... of the Netflix movie "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga," starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams. You can reach Goðafoss ...

Despite less daylight and cooler climes, Iceland in winter has plenty to capture a tourist’s attention with everything just a ...

KEFLAVIK AIR BASE, Iceland — The Pentagon’s top general strode to a P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane here on Thursday morning, boarding just before a cold rain turned to snow. The aircraft ...

Much of what we know about early Norse and Icelandic history comes from the sagas, many of which were written by scholars centuries after the events described—most likely based on oral ...

Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay, according to research released Friday. Between 2020 and ...

Iceland is a familiar name on the high street but could have been called something else (Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images) For eight years now Iceland Foods has been in an ongoing trademark ...

So declares the 800-year-old Norse Sverris Saga, an accounting of the rise and reign of King Sverre Sigurdsson, who went on ...