So it was a shock to find out that the biggest puffin debate in Iceland this summer was over whether to keep hunting them. By 2011 and 2012, breeding failures had taken such a toll that puffin ...

Trophy hunters are killing up to 100 puffins at a time during hunting trips to Iceland despite efforts to protect the endangered bird, according to animal rights activists.

As his ancestors have done for generations, Icelander Árni Hilmarsson catches an Atlantic puffin in a net called a háfur. Photo by Carsten Egevang/atlanticseabirds.info This article is from ...

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 ...

Puffin hunting is currently banned in all parts of Iceland, except in the north. In those places where a ban has been implemented - south, west and east Iceland - there have been noticeable population ...

The puffins are always found in the dark—9 p.m. to 3 a.m. are prime hunting hours—and those who find them tend to keep them safe overnight in cardboard boxes before heading to the cliffs the ...

Puffin breeding season on Pembrokeshire's Skomer Island is drawing to a close and the birds will soon return to sea once more. More than 38,000 Atlantic puffins began to arrive on the 720-acre ...