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 ...

Watching thousands of baby puffins being tossed off a cliff is perfectly normal for the people of Iceland's Westman Islands. This yearly tradition is what's known as "puffling season" and the practice ...

Overfishing, hunting and pollution are putting pressure on the birds, but climate change may prove to be the biggest challenge. Overfishing, hunting and pollution are putting pressure on the birds, ...

"Outside of the breeding season, you’ll likely need to take a pelagic birding trip well offshore to find one." ...

FLATEY ISLAND, Iceland—When the days grew long, seabirds flocked to this hamlet on the edge of the Arctic to rear their chicks under the midnight sun. These days, a few stubborn holdovers streak the ...

Eva Berglind Guðmundsdóttir, 8; Jón Bjarki Eiríksson, 12; Íris Dröfn Guðmundsdóttir, 11; and Anton Ingi Eiríksson, 14 throw four baby puffins off a cliff in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. It’s 1:15 a.m. in ...

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... Watching thousands of baby puffins being tossed off a ...

Kyana Sue Powers Watching thousands of baby puffins being tossed off a cliff is perfectly normal for the people of Iceland’s Westman Islands. This yearly tradition is what's known as "puffling season" ...