A swan in Hordaland county which became known as the “Harbourmaster” (Havnesjefen) due its belligerent behaviour is to be put down, authorities have confirmed.
Norway came under fire on Wednesday from conservation groups that accused the International Whaling Commission (IWC) of giving the world's biggest whale hunter a free ride.
A Norwegian man was sentenced to 90 days in jail on Wednesday for stabbing his two family dogs with a kitchen knife, local newspaper Romerikes Blad reported.
The Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs (Spesialenheten for politisaker - NBIPA) said on Wednesday it has dropped an inquiry into police conduct relating to a case in which two officers put down an injured cat by beating it with their batons.
Adrian the red panda, who disappeared from Kristiansand's Animal Park recently, has been found safe and sound in a tree in a city suburb and will be home in time for Christmas.
Norwegian police are creating a unit to investigate cruelty to animals, the government said on Monday, arguing that those who hurt animals often harm people too.
Norway said on Wednesday it had detected a "probable" case of mad cow disease but urged consumers not to panic as it may not be the same variant as the British 1990s epidemic.
Scientists in Norway are set to implant a technology, much like a smartphone app, into Arctic seals in an effort to study the animals' energy use and body weight, it was reported on Tuesday.
The number of wolverines across Norway has risen 15 percent this year, highlighting a boom in the endangered species, says a top animal protection group.
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority has demanded that weapons be deployed on Norwegian trains so that any injured animals on the tracks can be killed in a humane and timely manner.
A recent raccoon sighting in Sweden has given Scandinavian conservationists the jitters, with Friends of the Earth Norway now fearful of the consequences for the ecosystem should the adaptable animal gain a foothold.
Norway and Canada have asked the World Trade Organization to form a group of experts to look at the European Union's ban on
seal products, which the two countries oppose.
Two dogs involved in a vicious attack on a two-year-old boy in southern Norway this summer will be put down, the National Police Directorate has ruled.
A motorist breathed a brief sigh of relief on Wednesday night after swerving to avoid an elk, only to instead collide with a bear moments later on a road in eastern Norway.
Two young boys camping in the mountains of western Norway fled in their underpants in the early hours of Friday morning after hearing what they believed was a roaring bear.
Norway, Japan and their allies blocked a bid on Friday to give the United Nations a greater role in protecting whales, as
sought by conservationists frustrated by deep polarization over whaling.
A two-year-old boy and two young adults were badly bitten by three dogs on Wednesday after an escaped French Mastiff tried to drag the child from a playground into the nearby woods in Mandal, southern Norway.
A 23-year-old Norwegian student got a dual shock in the United States recently when he was first bitten by a rattlesnake, then hit by an astronomical hospital bill.
An elk caused transport chaos in Oslo on Saturday when it ran on to a main highway then into a train tunnel, halting road and
rail traffic, before it was shot dead, police said.
