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 ...

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

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 ...

If birds left tracks in the sky ... 1 of 16 A colony of arctic terns flees from its nesting ground in Iceland.

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.