Editor's note. The following is a reprised edition of Nature News, first published in July 2023. There is one animal present in our greater backyard that I urge everyone to try to see at least once in ...

There are four species of puffins: Atlantic, horned, tufted and (despite the misleading name) rhinoceros auklets. They live along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Psst—these ...

Atlantic Puffins were once almost extinct from Maine’s coast, their only native habitat in the United States. But after the success of Project Puffin, which worked to restore puffins to Eastern Egg ...

A wildlife rescue in Chepachet, Rhode Island, is caring for a juvenile Atlantic puffin found in a Massachusetts backyard. The puffin was discovered about 40 miles from the ocean, likely blown off ...

GLOCESTER, R.I. (WPRI) — Congress of the Birds is accustomed to unusual calls, but this week’s arrival may be one of their rarest patients to date. On Sunday night, Rhode Island’s only avian specific ...

In a typical day, the Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet takes any number of injured seabirds, raptors or other bird species commonly found in Volusia County. But last month, to employees' surprise, ...