Puffins look a lot like Emperor and King penguins – they have white bellies with black backs and waddle around on orange, webbed feet. Both have wings, but they use them for different purposes.

At first glance, puffins and penguins look like they could be cousins. Both wear the same black-and-white outfit, waddle on ...

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 ...

Every year, from April to July, thousands of puffins fly across the Atlantic and return to the same spot in Yorkshire. At RSPB Bempton Cliffs on the east coast, 3,000 of the distinctive seabirds ...

Seeing puffins in Iceland is on many travelers' bucket lists!

Tufted puffins regulate their body temperature thanks to their large bills, an evolutionary trait that might explain their capacity to fly for long periods in search for food. In a new study published ...

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. Locals ...

Puffins lose their ability to fly for up to two months each year, new research has found, which is twice as long as what was previously thought and leaves them vulnerable to winter storms. The ...