Right now, groups of Icelanders are taking to the streets late at night, armed with cardboard boxes and torches, in search of ...

Aimee Greenebaum, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Curator of Aviculture, shares all about the new tufted puffins, Nori and Sprout!

An adorable rare baby puffin can now be seen frolicking at the Central Park Zoo — delighting animal lovers who gushed Friday over its heart-melting “chick floof.” The nearly 4-month-old male seabird ...

Young puffins have to leave their burrows alone, without the help of their parents, and find the ocean. Every year, local Icelanders set out to help.

The puffins are early risers, but so is Tim Halloran. For the past 12 years, he has spent most summer mornings — and many sunsets — with his binoculars aimed at a tufted puffin colony on Cannon ...

SEATTLE — TheSeattle Aquarium welcomed their newest resident, a tufted puffin chick. The young puffin is so fluffy that the aquarium calls the chick a "puffling." Hatched on August 3, this is the ...

If you spot the colourful bird in winter, you will find the beak turning dull grey, while in spring, it is a vibrant orange.

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Maine — In a span of fewer than six months, Mainers have seen two birds from far away make rare visits to the state's coast. The most recent? A tufted puffin. "Mind-blowingly rare" ...

Whether it’s the loss of their habitat, any kind of injury, or threats from human beings, they rely on us for protection and ...

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 ...

What do elephants, chimps, rats, and octopuses have in common? These animals have all exhibited the ability to problem solve and use tools which are important markers of intelligence. But crows aren’t ...

Five years ago, on a remote island in Wales, University of Oxford scientist Annette L. Fayet spied an Atlantic puffin doing something she had never seen before. The bird, floating on the seawater ...