Puffins come to nest on Haystack Rock between April and September every year. This week, Cannon Beach is offering visitors a ...

If you’ve never seen a puffin before, prepare to be surprised by their diminutive size, impressed by their diving capabilities and amused by their colourful beaks and sad eyes. The UK has ...

Shortly before sunset on July 4, 1981, Kress was scanning Eastern Egg Rock with his telescope when he spotted a puffin, beak full of fish, scrambling into a rocky crevice. The bird hopped out, ...

Puffin beaks are also a marvel of engineering. If you take a close look you will notice a bright orange rosette of flesh at the base (the hinge).

In 1973, Kress and a small group of colleagues went to a puffin breeding colony in Newfoundland. They braved angry puffin parents (puffin beaks can deliver a nasty nip) to collect a half-dozen chicks.

I was relieved that this time, it wasn’t a puffin. Just a few minutes earlier I’d finally spotted one nestled in the tall grass between the murres and gulls. With its big orange beak and matching feet ...

There is one animal present in our greater backyard that I urge everyone to try to see at least once in the wild − the Atlantic puffin. It is charismatic, beloved by everyone and an indicator of ...

A puffin is seen with a freshly caught fish in its beak on the cliffs of Heimaey island, Iceland. Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images Source: Smithsonian Magazine ...

The seabird with the bright orange beak and feet is a beloved national icon of Iceland, and can be found everywhere in the country of fewer than 400,000 people – on postcards, T-shirts, mugs and ...

Puffins are one of Britain’s favourite birds. With their smart black, white and orange markings, adorably concerned expressions, and comical movements, we just love puffins in the UK.

There is one animal present in our greater backyard that I urge everyone to try to see at least once in the wild − the Atlantic puffin. Now's the time to find Atlantic puffins in nearby Maine ...