Unlike penguin colonies, often cramped, loud, and peckish, a puffin gathering is mostly mellow and quiet. In the British Isles, where puffins have not been hunted for a century (puffin hunting ...

Overview: Penguin vs. Puffin You may think that they’re birds of a feather, or two sides of the same coin if you must. Instead, they don’t even belong to the same family.

Most people who’ve never seen a puffin in real life expect them to be about the size of a penguin or a large seagull, but puffins are actually much smaller. They typically measure about 28 cm ...