Oona is a young female puffin. She is kind, friendly, and welcoming to new birds who arrive at Puffin Rock. Isabelle is a young female puffin who suffered the trauma of seeing her home island ...

The Manitoba government is increasing its support for families in western Manitoba by providing a 50% funding boost to Community Mobilization Westman.

It’s called ‘Surtsey' — the island of the Norse fire-god, Surtr. Heimaey’s other extraordinary feature is its puffin colony — one of the world’s largest. But the grassy slopes there ...

There are two active volcanoes in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, but Kilauea is the real "must-see." A 4,000-foot-tall mountain, Kilauea has been active since Jan.

COULD the iconic seabird nicknamed ‘The Welsh parrot’ make its long-awaited return to Cardigan Island in the not-too-distant future? That is the dream of a Cardigan councillor who this week welcomed ...

Sandeels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline, including the internationally important puffin colony at Bempton Cliffs in East Yorkshire. A closure order was ...

Scientists have discovered two continent-sized regions hidden deep within Earth’s mantle, referred to in a recent study as “islands.” Research from Utrecht University reveals that these regions are ...

The "megaberg" - which is twice the size of Greater London and 130 feet tall - is on a crash course with the remote island of South Georgia, and could make it hard for the millions of penguins ...

The world's biggest iceberg is steadily drifting towards a remote British island off a tip of Antarctica, six weeks after breaking loose from its sea floor grounding in the Southern Ocean.

Vestmannaeyjar is actually a chain of islands. They’re sometimes called the Westman Islands in English, only one of which, Heimaey, is inhabited. The biggest population on the island is the world’s ...

Deep within Earth's mantle lie two massive regions, termed "islands," which are hotter and older than their surroundings, challenging the notion of a well-mixed mantle.