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 ...
TikTok users were shocked this week to learn of an Icelandic tradition that compels people to throw baby puffins, called “pufflings,” off of cliffs and into the waiting sea below, but the tradition of ...
VINALHAVEN, Maine — It has been a stressful week for the residents of Burrow 59 on Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge. The end of May marks the end of egg-laying season for puffins, which means the ...
"Outside of the breeding season, you’ll likely need to take a pelagic birding trip well offshore to find one." ...
Tufted puffins are endangered in Washington state, and researchers hope to boost their sagging population there, currently ...
A good Samaritan recently found a bird that at least one animal control officer has never seen in Massachusetts before.
A puffin, a unique visitor to Southern New England, was found in Wrentham on Saturday and soon made its way to Glocester. From great horned owls to red-tailed hawks, bird rehabilitator Sheida ...
The brisk increase in warming rates in the Arctic is bringing rapid shifts in range for plants and animals across the region’s tree of life. Researchers say those changes can lead species that ...