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 ...

After taking a detour through a backyard in New England, a lost puffin has been returned to the sea.

Rhode Island is well outside the normal habitat for Atlantic puffins. so rehabilitators are wondering: Where did this one come from?

Perhaps puffins aren't as bird-brained as previously believed.A team of animal experts observed two Atlantic puffins, more than 1,000 miles apart, spontaneously scratching themselves with sticks -- ...