The birds spend most of their lives in the open ocean. Observing birds at sea is nearly impossible, so much about puffins remains a mystery. Ecologists like Erpur Snær Hansen, who leads a team at the ...

Newly published research has revealed worrying declines among several ground-nesting bird species in southern Iceland. Iceland has a relatively low human population compared to the rest of Europe, ...

All of that mixing means that Iceland is a key location for avian influenza viruses from Europe to move into North America, and vice versa. In this photo, I’m seeing which birds are around.

Experts have said birds from Russia, Iceland and Greenland spending the winter on the Solent make the area of worldwide importance for wildlife. Every year, up to 125,000 birds migrate in the ...