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The Amazing World of Puffins

Have you ever seen a puffin? These adorable black-and-white birds with colorful beaks live in the North Atlantic. One special place, Heimaey Island in Iceland, is home to the world’s largest colony of Atlantic puffins. Every summer, about 1.5 million puffins gather there to raise their chicks.

Puffin parents take great care of their chicks, call...