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

Well, the oldest known puffin in New Brunswick — and Canada — was found this week at 33 years old. Researchers at the Atlantic Laboratory for Avian Research, through the University of New ...

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.