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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Puffins lose the ability to fly for up to two months every year—twice as long as previously believed. Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) suggest the seabirds are vulnerable to winter storms ...

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 ...