Learn what scientists discovered about this penguin massacre and why humans likely played an unwitting role.
Unlike penguin colonies, often cramped, loud, and peckish, a puffin gathering is mostly mellow and quiet. In the British Isles, where puffins have not been hunted for a century (puffin hunting ...
The strategy, which has been successful for other seabird species such as the Atlantic puffin in the US, was described as a ...
Penguins first evolved the ability to dive, like a puffin, and subsequently lost the ability to fly as they adapted to an aquatic realm, becoming excellent swimmers and divers. The earliest-known ...
According to various studies, penguins are the world’s most popular birds. (Puffins are second on the list. There’s something that draws people to flightless, comical-looking birds.) ...