In the summer of 1973, a young scientist traveled to a small island near Maine with a plan to lure puffins back. He brought ...

Ten years after conservationists started a project to bring back puffins to a tiny island in the Irish Sea, there have been several signs that suggest it is working. However, the three colonies of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Perhaps puffins aren't as bird-brained as previously believed.A team of animal experts observed two Atlantic puffins, more than 1,000 miles apart, spontaneously scratching themselves with sticks -- ...