Right now, groups of Icelanders are taking to the streets late at night, armed with cardboard boxes and torches, in search of the telltale white bellies of baby Atlantic puffins. Once caught, these ...

Iceland's remote Westland Islands are home to the world's largest puffin colony. Every year, puffin chicks get disorientated by light pollution and crash inland rather than flying out to sea. Locals ...

REYKJAVIK-The dim, warm lights illuminate the wooden tables dressed in homely floral tablecloths. Perched on a shelf by the counter is a taxidermy mount of the Atlantic Puffin bird, paying homage to ...

There are some who say you haven't truly seen Iceland until you've visited the Westman Islands. Located off the country's southern coast, the islands were formed by volcanic eruptions over the past 10 ...

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. The potential ...

2005-07-17 04:00:00 PDT Reykjavik, Iceland-- It's closing time, and the young patrons of Reykjavik's ultra-trendy club scene are wobbling out onto Laugavegur Street, looking a little less fresh- faced ...

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Throwing baby puffins off a cliff may sound crazy - but this strange act from people in Iceland is actually designed to help them fly. As the summer comes to an end, baby puffins are supposed to leave ...

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