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A juvenile Atlantic puffin that landed in a Chepachet rescue Oct. 5 didn't stay on dry land long before it was returned to ...

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

With its comical bobbing walk and clown-like markings, the puffin might not be considered the most quick-witted bird. But a new study has shown that the little seabird makes use of tools to get rid of ...

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.

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 -- ...

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 ...

A good Samaritan recently found a bird that at least one animal control officer has never seen in Massachusetts before.

A new puffin license plate is closer to being on cars around the state. The Oregon coast Aquarium says the plates are now in ...