Atlantic puffins spend much of their lives beyond human view, scattered across the cold waters of the North Atlantic. They ...

It’s 7.45am in west Pembrokeshire and an impromptu convoy is snaking down a back road to nowhere. Delivery drivers scowl in passing places as cars stream past. We’re en route – that’s me and eight ...

"Basically we tried to understand how flapping wings work in the water." This is an Inside Science story. The ancient ancestors of penguins gained their ability to swim at the expense of flight, ...

Puffins, often referred to as the 'clown of the sea' or 'sea parrot,' are remarkable avian athletes known for their exceptional swimming and diving capabilities. Native to the North Atlantic, they use ...

It isn't easy to see a puffin in the United States. The stocky pigeon-size birds live at sea most of the year, returning to breed on isolated northern islands only from April through August. They have ...

If you’re a birder, eagles are prevalent in most areas, and Grafton Notch State Park and Acadia National Park have several peregrine falcons, a Maine endangered species. Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park ...

Coquet Island is protected so nobody is allowed to walk on it, but visitors do not need to “THEY’RE the clowns of the sea – they never stop fascinating me,” says my tour guide, Steven Banks, as we bob ...

Dear puffins: Our bad. You may be a lil dopey-looking, but it turns out you’re much smarter than we humans have given you credit for. While studying several Atlantic puffin breeding colonies, ...

When most birds hear the word “winter,” they think of migrating several thousands of miles to the warm tropics, or finding a nice, well-stocked bird feeder – but not the puffin. For these birds, ...

It’s a bucket-list destination in its own right, its cachet boosted by fickle access and haunting tales of Hebrideans who left in 1930. Yet the human story of the UK’s only dual Unesco site obscures ...