"Like the ostrich, head under wing When the roaring storm breaks, So many people take refuge Under the soft pillow Of …"

"The ostrich [with] her eggs on the hillside. She receives those eggs as something to carry: the bird knows how to kee…"

"Rahel could see it coursing through his veins, as clearly as an egg travelling down an ostrich's neck."

"All furnish'd, all in arms; All plum'd, like estridges that with the wind Baited, like eagles having lately bath'd."

"The first scientific studies of Puffins were by on between 1927 and 1939, rather as a sideline to his pioneering work…"

"All birds have upper and and lower eyelids. They protect the eyes and are closed when the bird sleeps. Birds also hav…"

"Most s winter well offshore in the central North Pacific. There are about one million individuals, with 86% in North …"

"The breeds from France and the in the south to as far north as there is ice-free land and has been studied throughout…"

"For a seabird, the is diminutive. It stands just 18–20cm (7–8in), which is about as tall as a paperback novel, and it…"

"Iceland is the stronghold of the with the majority of the world's population. Thus, it is not surprising that the spe…"