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 ...

Atlantic puffins pair stand outside a nest burrow on Skomer Island in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom. Puffins return to coastal breeding colonies in early-to-mid April. "Puffin Arrival Day," ...

There are four species of puffins: Atlantic, horned, tufted and (despite the misleading name) rhinoceros auklets. They live along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Psst—these ...

PORT TOWNSEND — A lecture on puffins will expand their image as cute, fluffy seabirds to tough, agile and resilient survivors of the harsh northern seas. John Piatt, Ph.D., director of the World ...