Atlantic Puffins were once almost extinct from Maine’s coast, their only native habitat in the United States. But after the success of Project Puffin, which worked to restore puffins to Eastern Egg ...

Crew members from the Audubon Seabird Institute worked to cull laughing gulls this spring and summer, part of an effort to ...

Atlantic puffins face an increasingly precarious foothold due in part to a loss of habitat and to troubles tied to warming ocean waters and climate change. But an effort off the coast of Maine ...

EASTERN EGG ROCK, Maine — On remote islands off the Maine coast, a unique bird held its own this year in the face of climate change. Atlantic puffins — clownish seabirds with colorful bills and ...

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 ...

The best time to spot puffins is from April through August, when the puffins return to the islands to breed. In Maine, puffins have been recorded nesting on seven islands, with the largest colonies on ...