Puffins are adorable, but in Iceland, they’re a culinary tradition. In this video, shouty chef Gordon Ramsay tries the bird for the first time, learns how to hunt it, and prepares a puffin feast.

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 ...

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 ...

Threatened by warmer water temperatures and their status as an Icelandic delicacy, experts are fearful for the future of the country’s puffin population. It is nature’s biggest treasure hunt. Like the ...

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Eduardo Gonçalves of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting said: “The puffin is now in danger of becoming extinct, and uncontrolled hunting has been identified as a leading cause. There should be an ...

Threatened by warmer water temperatures and their status as an Icelandic delicacy, experts are fearful for the future of the country’s puffin population. It is nature’s biggest treasure hunt. Like the ...

BORIS Johnson’s girlfriend Carrie Symonds has slammed trophy hunters who pay £3,000 to slaughter 100 puffins at a time. The Prime Minister’s partner took to Twitter yesterday to defend the vulnerable ...

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 ...

They weren’t visible at first, but out of the mist, there they were — like giant, moss-covered icebergs. The Westman Islands poke out of the Atlantic just off the southern coast of Iceland. None of ...