puffin

Don Lyons, the director of conservation science at Audubon's Seabird Institute, says that's noteworthy given the challenges the population has faced in recent years, including scarce food and extreme weather which can lead to low chick survival.

Puffins can live and reproduce for decades, providing resilience against a single bad year. But bad years are becoming more frequent.

New research published this week documents evidence of puffins using tools. Study authors say it's the first known use of tools in seabirds, suggesting…

PORTLAND, Maine — A scientist who helped re-establish puffins on islands off the Maine coast is retiring at month’s end.Dr. Steve Kress served as…

Puffins were once on the brink of extinction, but efforts by Maine scientists have succeeded in bringing the population back. There are now 1,300 nesting…

This documentary film explores environmental issues impacting the Gulf of Maine: topography; history, including depletion of cod stocks, puffin seabird…