Young puffins have to leave their burrows alone, without the help of their parents, and find the ocean. Every year, local Icelanders set out to help.

Whether it’s the loss of their habitat, any kind of injury, or threats from human beings, they rely on us for protection and care. Even a few minutes of our busy schedules can have a big impact on the ...

It’s a long-held tradition in the Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands), where puffins nest in large numbers. The island cluster is home to the largest puffin colony in the world, with around 830,000 ...

Connolly, who has long been vocal about how to visit Iceland responsibly, has additional advice for tourists who want to help protect puffins: don't eat puffin meat when touring Iceland. Though it's ...

THE long road to Grimsey is not a straight line. It begins in Reykjavík, but before it reaches Dalvík and the cold waters of ...

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 ...

In fact, Hansen has suggested that if all factors continue on a similar trajectory, puffins in south and west Iceland could be a thing of the past in a matter of decades.

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.

AUG. 29, 2018 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.

A puffin fix Considering that Iceland is home to 60 percent of the world's puffins during the summer breeding season, seeing one wasn't as easy as I'd expected.

Hedinn Jonasson carries his catch of puffins on Lundey Island, off the north coast of Iceland, July 25, 2018. Scientists are studying why puffin populations have been in precipitous decline, both ...