It's important to study the genetic changes happening in puffins right now so we can best plan for how to protect, "such an iconic species," Kersten said. Other species in the Arctic have ...

Two distinct subspecies of Atlantic puffins are now interbreeding in Norway, possibly as a result of Arctic warming forcing some birds away from their usual habitat. The island of Spitsbergen in ...

Smallest of the four puffin species, they have come en masse ... how and where Fratercula arctica (“little friar of the Arctic,” so named for its monkish, dark-colored hood) spends the rest ...

But for inhabitants of a remote corner of Iceland, the taste of puffin is a reminder of home, writes Ros Jones. You need a strong stomach to take the boat to the Arctic island of Grimsey.

It was a whiteout when I arrived in Vardo – a small settlement clinging to the arctic coast in northeastern ... spectacle – tens of thousands of puffins and guillemots, that arrive to nest ...

Arctic terns, puffins and guillemots suffered losses as almost 5in (12cm) of rain fell in 24 hours on 13 June on the islands off the Northumberland coast. At least 300 young puffins - called ...

The sleepy citizens of the arctic town know nothing of his nefarious actions except for Tic, the dreamy member of the Puffins Impossible team. With his connection to nature, every cut tree leaves ...

They join kittiwake, herring gull, roseate tern, arctic skua and puffin – a particular favourite of visitors to the Bempton ...

A puffin’s zany flight path draws your eye, before you spot the distinctive white bulge of a beluga whale breaking the water. From the pristine polar landscapes and hardy Arctic wildlife to the ...