Wanted: puffinologists. No experience necessary. The Audubon Society wants bird lovers to contribute research to a project scientists hope will help save Atlantic puffins from starvation in Maine.

One question keeps surfacing this month, as reports of a certain quirky and beloved seabird keep popping up along Florida's east coast: A puffin? The black and white seabirds with the bright orange ...

CANNON BEACH – On a May morning, the tide flowing out, the sun shining, a man peers through binoculars at , oblivious to the dogs, kids and beachcombers passing around him. Then suddenly, he shouts to ...

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 ...

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 ...

First things first: Puffins are adorable. You don’t have to be an animal lover to be charmed by their clownish faces, their waddling walk, and their chubby-dumpling bodies. Their fluffy chicks make ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

How old is an old puffin? Well, the oldest known puffin in New Brunswick — and Canada — was found this week at 33 years old. Researchers at the Atlantic Laboratory for Avian Research, through the ...

CHEPACHET – Congress of the Birds has rescued all kinds of feathered creatures, including owls, hawks and woodpeckers, but it never had a puffin, until Sunday, Oct. 5. "Words I never thought I’d be ...