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 ...

The Atlantic puffin is one of the most recognizable seabirds in the North Atlantic, known for its colorful beak and charming appearance. These birds spend much of their lives at sea but return to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GLOCESTER, R.I. (WPRI) — Congress of the Birds is accustomed to unusual calls, but this week’s arrival may be one of their rarest ...

A juvenile Atlantic Puffin was found in a backyard in landlocked Wrentham, Massachusetts. The bird was taken in by the Congress of the Birds rescue in Chepachet, Rhode Island. Rescuers were concerned ...

A closeup shot of an Atlantic puffin with a stick in the beak© Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock.com Atlantic puffins spend a surprising amount of time on two very domestic problems: keeping their ...

But not to the rest of Maine. Islands that puffins had once inhabited had become enemy territory, occupied by colonies of large, aggressive, predatory gulls that thrived on the debris generated by a ...

Atlantic puffins spend much of their lives beyond human view, scattered across the cold waters of the North Atlantic. They only return to land during breeding season, and even then, only in remote ...

A little puffin blown hundreds of miles off course by recent storms has been rescued by a dog walker from a beach in the south of England. Sonia Meachen, from Dereham, Norfolk, was walking her dog ...

February 2026 has seen thousands of dead seabirds washing up along the coastlines of the UK, France, Spain and Portugal.