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 ...

Mr Trausti Gunnarsson, vice-chair of BirdLife Iceland, a non-governmental organisation focused on bird conservation, said: “Professional hunters are selling their puffin to restaurants willing ...

Puffins are Iceland's most common bird, but for the last 20 years, they have struggled to breed, according to Erpur Snaer Hansen, director of ecological research at the South Iceland Nature Center.

There are few birds in the northern hemisphere quite as striking and easily identifiable as a puffin. ... the average puffin population in Iceland has decreased by 70 percent over the last 30 years.

It’s puffling season on Heimaey, a volcanic island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago along the southern coast of Iceland. Just 4,500 people call the island home, but over a million puffin ...

Throwing thousands of baby puffins off a cliff is a yearly tradition for the people of Iceland's Westman Islands. It's part of what's known as "puffling season" and is a crucial life-saving endeavor.