Atlantic puffins’ beaks are distinct and colorful—a feature scientists suspect might make them more attractive to the opposite sex . But that's not the only fun thing about puffin beaks: They ...

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).

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

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.

However, they have a large, triangular-shaped beak that becomes even more vivid during the breeding season, displaying bright oranges, reds, and yellows. But it’s far more than decorative. Puffin ...

A lost puffin is being assessed for release after being blown 180km inland from its home on the coast of Wales. A resident of Hereford, in the ­English West Midlands, found her in her garden and ...

Puffin pairs take turns brooding over the egg while their counterpart fishes. Once the babies, called pufflings (I couldn’t have come up with a better name myself), hatch, ... With its big orange beak ...

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 ...

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 ...