Atlantic puffins spend much of their lives beyond human view, scattered across the cold waters of the North Atlantic. They ...

The Atlantic puffin is a real crowd-pleaser. While people know them as a nesting bird of rocky Maine Islands in summer, small ...

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.

Puffins return to their summer breeding grounds on the Farne Islands in England. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Last month, when I read that Atlantic puffins were threatened, I had an immediate ...

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 -- ...

Motion-activated cameras in July 2018 caught the moment a puffin picked up a stick from the ground and used it to scratch its chest. Experts guess the bird may have been trying to dislodge a tick.

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The Audubon Society wants bird lovers to contribute research to a project scientists hope will help save Atlantic puffins from starvation in Maine. Volunteers are asked to watch the seabirds on web ...