The new hybrid likely came from breeding between two subspecies — High Arctic large-bodied puffins and temperate smaller-sized puffins — within the past 100 years which scientists said ...

Two distinct subspecies of Atlantic puffins are now interbreeding in Norway, possibly as a result of Arctic warming forcing some birds away from their usual habitat. The island of Spitsbergen in ...

Northumberland has a significant population of Puffins, also on the red list "We have a very significant population of Arctic terns here on the island, normally more than a thousand each season ...

Kittiwakes and common gulls are down nearly 50% and puffin numbers have fallen by a quarter. "We are going to keep doing our best to stop that decline," Ms Goodwill said. "The Arctic terns in ...