Right now, groups of Icelanders are taking to the streets late at night, armed with cardboard boxes and torches, in search of the telltale white bellies of baby Atlantic puffins. Once caught, these ...

Iceland's remote Westland Islands are home to the world's largest puffin colony. Every year, puffin chicks get disorientated by light pollution and crash inland rather than flying out to sea. Locals ...

GRIMSEY ISLAND, Iceland — Puffins are in trouble. The birds have been in precipitous decline, especially since the 2000s, both in Iceland and across many of their Atlantic habitats. The potential ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. There are few birds in the northern hemisphere quite as striking ...

Sometimes animals and birds face certain challenges that they can’t overcome on their own. Whether it’s the loss of their habitat, any kind of injury, or threats from human beings, they rely on us for ...

TikTok users were shocked this week to learn of an Icelandic tradition that compels people to throw baby puffins, called “pufflings,” off of cliffs and into the waiting sea below, but the tradition of ...

A small, rocky island off Iceland is home to the world’s largest breeding colony of Atlantic puffins. When breeding season is in full swing, around 1.5 million adults pair up and nestle into burrows ...