As mentioned earlier, the Norwegian Lundehund was bred to hunt puffins, hence its name. In Norway, puffins were considered an important source of food for locals living along the Scandinavian coasts.

Factoids Around 90% of the Atlantic puffin population are found in Europe; with 80% in Iceland and Norway, and the remaining ...

Concern, however, is starting to shadow the faces of those who study puffins. In the past decade most populations have been declining. Certain colonies in Iceland, Norway, and likely Scotland’s ...

The birds themselves—puffins, gannets, gulls ... off the uppermost cape of coastal Norway, high above the Arctic Circle. The boat pitches and heaves in the rockbound channels, and I rediscover ...