Every summer, New Hampshire’s seacoast draws visitors in droves, from sunbathing tourists to ravenous greenhead horseflies.

On Eastern Egg Rock, off Maine's coast, researchers label favored hangouts to help track the birds and monitor their behavior. José Azel Impossibly cute, with pear-shaped bodies, beak and eye markings ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A horn-like chortle rings out across the water, echoed by hundreds of other chatty calls. You are approaching a puffin colony. These unique ...

Unusual visitor: Rhode Island is well outside the normal habitat for Atlantic puffins. so rehabilitators are wondering: Where did this one come from?

Atlantic puffins spend much of their lives beyond human view, scattered across the cold waters of the North Atlantic. They only return to land during breeding season, and even then, only in remote ...

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 waddling gaits—had their second ...

With their bright overly large orange bill and awkwardness on land and in the air, Atlantic puffins are graceful swimmers. During the breeding season, starting in late spring, they spend their time in ...

A closeup shot of an Atlantic puffin with a stick in the beak© Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock.com Atlantic puffins spend a surprising amount of time on two very domestic problems: keeping their ...

Razorbills, a larger, heavier cousin to the puffin, also nest among the boulders; common and Arctic terns nest nearby. In all, a century after Atlantic puffins almost disappeared from the United ...