A record number of puffins have been recorded on a small island off the Pembrokeshire coast, despite global populations declining rapidly. According to the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales ...

This mortality rate was on my mind when I drove to Cannon Beach, Oregon, last Sunday, in search of tufted puffins. The black, orange, and white seabird nests on Haystack Rock – the iconic sea stack ...

Each spring, the Farne Islands off England's Northumberland coast transform into a seabird heaven, with puffins center stage. This year, to mark the 100th anniversary of the National Trust's ...

José Azel Impossibly cute, with pear-shaped bodies, beak and eye markings as bright as clown makeup and a wobbly, slapstick walk, Atlantic puffins were once a common sight along the Maine coast.

The best time to spot puffins is from April through August, when the puffins return to the islands to breed. In Maine, puffins have been recorded nesting on seven islands, with the largest ...

But it’s far more than decorative. Puffin beaks are specially adapted with grooves and spines (denticles) that allow them to carry multiple small schooling fish at a time without dropping any. This is ...

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 ...

A puffin’s childhood is idyllic ... colorful beak as it takes about 4-5 years for the beak to enlarge and develop grooves, and the number of grooves gives an indication of the age of the ...

Puffin strandings during the fledgling season ... colorful beak as it takes about 4-5 years for the beak to enlarge and develop grooves, and the number of grooves gives an indication of the ...

If you've ever seen a puffin, with its striking black-and-white feathers and vivid orange beak, you might have wondered: Are puffins penguins? The short answer is no, but the reasons why are as ...