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

A 33-year-old puffin, seen in this handout photo, was found on Machias Seal Island, N.B., by University of New Brunswick researchers in July 2025. The puffin is banded JG18.

As pelagic seabirds, the Atlantic puffin feeds primarily by diving into the water to catch fish. (Photo: Michael Winsor/Can Geo Photo Club) Often nicknamed “sea parrots” or “clowns of the sea”, ...

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.

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 ...

His images – spray coming off the ocean, bubbles streaming underwater, and puffins descending a cliff at night under a canopy of winking stars – are infused with energy and excitement. Readers will ...

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 ...

FREDERICTON — Daniel Oliker held a 33-year-old puffin from Machias Seal Island in his hands and was in awe about how it was a decade older than him. It felt like he was holding a world of knowledge ...