This is a tradition unlike any other! When you think of traditions, you probably think of something your family does over the holiday season. Matching PJs on Christmas morning or always going to your ...

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 ...

2005-07-17 04:00:00 PDT Reykjavik, Iceland-- It's closing time, and the young patrons of Reykjavik's ultra-trendy club scene are wobbling out onto Laugavegur Street, looking a little less fresh- faced ...

There are some who say you haven't truly seen Iceland until you've visited the Westman Islands. Located off the country's southern coast, the islands were formed by volcanic eruptions over the past 10 ...

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 Hakai ...

The country of Iceland is little more than a dot of lava lost in salt spray at the edge of the Arctic Circle. Parts of it are still steaming. Whole swaths are reminiscent of something from the Oort ...

On a recent chilly night, as the wind whipped tree branches and scarves, a cozy scene beckoned in a nearby window: Oil-burning lamps flickered softly as frost-bitten locals bellied up to a friendly ...

Puffins are lundi in Icelandic, and on Heimaey a puffin chick has a special pet name: pysja. In March, as the days lengthen, folks here begin looking forward to the birds’ return. Over the next ...

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, ...