Rodrigo Martínez Catalán, a research assistant with the South Iceland Nature Research Center, told NPR the human intervention has done wonders to allow the population to thrive as puffins mate ...

I t’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 ...

But on the south coast of Iceland in August and September, you might see more than cameras snapping pictures of diving birds; you might also spot people casually tossing puffin chicks off cliffs ...

A small, rocky island off Iceland is home to the world’s largest breeding colony of Atlantic puffins. When breeding season is in full swing, around 1.5 million adults pair up and nestle into ...

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.

In Vestmannaeyja, an island located just off the southern coast of Iceland, people come together as a community during the puffling season. This is when they catch baby puffins and toss them out ...

The diners were not locals seeking comfort food – but visitors eager to sample the unique flavours of Iceland. For many locals, however, eating puffin may be a thing of the past as climate ...

I travelled to Iceland with my 16-year-old twins just last ... home to one of the top 100 golf courses and the largest puffin colony in the world.

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 ...

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 ...