Wanted: puffinologists. No experience necessary. The Audubon Society wants bird lovers to contribute research to a project scientists hope will help save Atlantic puffins from starvation in Maine.

Eastern Egg Rock - The Audubon Society wants bird lovers to contribute research to a project scientists hope will help save Atlantic puffins from starvation in Maine. There are about 1 000 pairs of ...

Puffins are widely regarded as the cutest birds on Earth. With their black and white plumage and large orange beaks, Atlantic puffins and their cousins may look like a clownish cross between a duck ...

A sad day for bird lovers, conservationists, and nature in general: the Atlantic puffin and three other birds in the United Kingdom have been declared vulnerable and are steps closer to extinction.

Puffins return to their summer breeding grounds on the Farne Islands in England. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Last month, when I read that Atlantic puffins were threatened, I had an immediate ...