Puffin hunting is illegal now in Norway (though you can still find the seabirds on the menu in Iceland and a few other places), but even at its peak, the season was limited and largely confined to ...

A stranded puffin has been rescued after being found more than a hundred miles away from its natural coastal habitat.

The seabird was blown off course before landing in a garden in landlocked area, where it was found by a concerned homeowner.

Puffins are declining and climate change could become the largest cause Overfishing, hunting and pollution are contributing to the decline of the birds – but environmental factors may prove to ...

Puffins rest in larger numbers in Canada, Scotland, Greenland, Norway, and Iceland, which is home to half of the global puffin population. Where to spot puffins in Maine ...

Before February, only five Atlantic puffin sightings had ever been reported in Florida, all weakened birds found stranded on beaches, said Andrew Kratter, collections manager of birds at the ...

At home on the rocky shorelines of the Scandinavian coasts, the Norwegian Lundehund is a canine to behold with a vibrant ...

Have you ever seen a puffin before? If you haven't, they look like a cross between a penguin and a parrot, with a black and white body and bright beak. Quite a sight to behold. They're a staple ...

Meanwhile, Iceland’s puffin researchers wait patiently for the birds’ summer return. Adult puffins return to the same colony — even the same burrow — year after year.

In 1973, a conservation project brought Newfoundland puffins to Maine, where the species had been nearly wiped out by hunting. 50 years later, Project Puffin is an ecological success.

Science The Plucky Puffin, Endangered Yet Coping: Scientists Link Emergence of a Hybrid Subspecies to Climate Change Studying puffin populations on three Norwegian islands, scientists have ...