Very few puffin chicks born this year on the Norwegian island of Rost are expected to survive due to shortages of the birds' food source. Adult puffins are leaving their chicks on the island, where ...

The brisk increase in warming rates in the Arctic is bringing rapid shifts in range for plants and animals across the region’s tree of life. Researchers say those changes can lead species that ...

I’m too distracted to hear the first announcement. The captain is pulling the National Geographic Explorer dangerously close to shore, and I am waiting for a metal-on-rock crunch that never comes in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists analyzed Atlantic puffin genes and found they had been interbreeding in recent history. They traced the first hybrid ...

The Norwegian Lundehund hails from Norway, where it was once bred to be a brave and stalwart puffin hunting companion. In this article, we will delve into the intriguing world of the lovely little ...

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 ...

The group, in collaboration with researchers from the UK and Norway, put tiny loggers on the legs of puffins to record their behavior. Lead author Jamie Darby said, "These loggers record time spent on ...

Mud bubbles around us and sulphurous steam gasses across the vast expanse of barren landscape. The rocks are dark and jagged and the hillsides are streaked with mineral colours: silver, copper and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is special about a Norwegian Lundehund? Photo by Scarlett2308, CC BY-ND 2.0, via Flickr (Edited by ...