Until now, little was known about where the Atlantic puffin migrated to when temperatures dropped below zero. Now, for the first time researchers are getting an idea of where the birds spend the ...

The University of New Brunswick graduate student, researching Atlantic puffin ecology, found a bird with a plastic band ...

A puffin is seen on the rocks along the coast of Machias Seal Island, N.B., in an undated handout image. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University of New Brunswick, Atlantic Laboratory for Avian Research) ...

The Atlantic puffin was in good health and didn't have any injuries when it was found. After passing a diving and swimming test in a tub, it was released into open water.

Atlantic puffins are now breeding around two weeks later than they were in the 1990s, said professor Heather Major. (Submitted by Heather Major - image credit) While extreme heat might cause ...

An Atlantic puffin found itself in a bit of a bind after wandering onto a busy New Brunswick road, far from where the seabirds are supposed to be found this time of year. David Gordon came across the ...

A juvenile Atlantic puffin was blown 30 kilometres inland during a recent windstorm that landed it in Sackville, N.S. It got picked up and sent to Hope for Wildlife, a charitable wildlife ...

While Atlantic puffins can sustain some mortality because of their abundance, the Leach's storm petrel has seen a decline of about 50 per cent in recent years, said Jones.

Newfoundland’s celebrity bird is undoubtedly the Atlantic puffin. Not only is it the official provincial bird, but I felt its presence as much on land as I did at sea. Everywhere I looked on my ...

They followed the migration of 270 adult puffins from 13 populations covering major breeding grounds across the North Atlantic, including 12 populations in Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, the U ...

A puffin is seen on the rocks along the coast of Machias Seal Island, N.B., in an undated handout image. The Canadian Press/ HO - -University of New Brunswick, Atlantic Laboratory for Avian Research ...