Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Atlantic Puffins were once almost extinct from Maine’s coast, their only native habitat in the United States. But after the ...

After months at sea, the orange-beaked birds are gathering along coastal cliffs in a short but sensational migration.

Right now, groups of Icelanders are taking to the streets late at night, armed with cardboard boxes and torches, in search of the telltale white bellies of baby Atlantic puffins. Once caught, these ...

There are four species of puffins: Atlantic, horned, tufted and (despite the misleading name) rhinoceros auklets. They live along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Psst—these ...

A small, rocky island off Iceland is home to the world’s largest breeding colony of Atlantic puffins. When breeding season is in full swing, around 1.5 million adults pair up and nestle into burrows ...

GLOCESTER, R.I. (WPRI) — Congress of the Birds is accustomed to unusual calls, but this week’s arrival may be one of their rarest patients to date. On Sunday night, Rhode Island’s only avian specific ...

When they make their first journey into the ocean, fledgling Atlantic puffins are prone to being stranded on land, imperiling them. For years, scientists have wondered what leads to these strandings.

A wildlife rescue in Chepachet, Rhode Island, is caring for a juvenile Atlantic puffin found in a Massachusetts backyard. The puffin was discovered about 40 miles from the ocean, likely blown off ...