In June 1844, farmers Jón Brandsson and Sigurður Ísleifsson, along with 12 others, made the perilous journey by boat from ...

The birds spend most of their lives in the open ocean. Observing birds at sea is nearly impossible, so much about puffins remains a mystery. Ecologists like Erpur Snær Hansen, who leads a team at the ...

Was it a secret ritual? Did I ruin their concert by listening in? I was reminded of the odd behavior of the birds of Iceland. I was walking near the guest house where I stayed when I heard ...

Experts have said birds from Russia, Iceland and Greenland spending the winter on the Solent make the area of worldwide importance for wildlife. Every year, up to 125,000 birds migrate in the ...

All of that mixing means that Iceland is a key location for avian influenza viruses from Europe to move into North America, and vice versa. In this photo, I’m seeing which birds are around.