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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Atlantic puffins making a comeback after devastating year of insufficient food: ‘They are messengers of what’s happening at sea’ ...

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 ...

As the long summer days of August turn into nights, a few dozen volunteers gather in the small community of Witless Bay, a tiny town on the Atlantic coast about a half-hour’s drive south of St. John’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Discover how Atlantic Puffins create their nesting burrows using natural materials like grass, twigs, and feathers to protect their eggs and raise their chicks. #AtlanticPuffin #Birds #Wildlife ...

Maine’s Atlantic puffin population is thriving after a 1970s-era campaign to protect them. But the adorable birds face a new challenge: climate change. As waters warm, the puffins’ most-preferred food ...

This story appears in the June 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. Here they come, wings beating like a manic pulse, bodies a blur of black and white, a flash ...