But not to the rest of Maine. Islands that puffins had once inhabited had become enemy territory, occupied by colonies of large, aggressive, predatory gulls that thrived on the debris generated by a ...

Atlantic puffins spend much of their lives beyond human view, scattered across the cold waters of the North Atlantic. They only return to land during breeding season, and even then, only in remote ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Atlantic Puffins were once almost extinct from Maine’s coast, their only native habitat in the United States. But after the ...

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 ...

The best time to spot puffins is from April through August, when the puffins return to the islands to breed. In Maine, puffins have been recorded nesting on seven islands, with the largest colonies on ...