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 ...

A challenge to Britain's ban on commercial fishing for sand-eels in the North Sea has begun in a European court ... the internationally important puffin colony at Bempton Cliffs in East Yorkshire.

Cliff tops, empty and dark for months, turn to commotion near the beginning of April with the arrival of antic, adorable-looking Atlantic puffins. Smallest of the four puffin species, they have ...

Anthony Dawes of the European Commission’s legal service ... British fishermen were barred from the area in 2021. Atlantic puffin, kittiwake and Arctic tern all feature on the “Red List ...