Atlantic puffins’ beaks are more reminiscent of birds that live in the rainforest than on chilly cliffs. Bright orange or red, with blue and white streaks, it’s obvious why they’ve been ...

There Are Multiple Species of Puffins There are four species of puffins: Atlantic, horned, tufted and (despite the misleading name) rhinoceros auklets. They live along the northern coastlines of the ...

For the breeding season puffins change their costume. Their beaks grow thicker and brighter, white feathers replace black ones, and eye ornaments appear, the face now like a Kabuki actor’s.

Maybe millions. Fulmars, kittiwakes, razorbills, terns and guillemots, but the stars of the show are the puffins. They poke their heads - sporting comical, outsize orange beaks - above the black ...

Puffins are known as 'sea parrots' due to their brightly coloured bills and are mainly found on rocky coasts and offshore islands. Around 90% of the Atlantic puffin population are found in Europe; ...

Puffin strandings during the fledgling season have puzzled scientists on both sides ... Young pufflings lack the ...

the Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), one of the 176 bird species studied in the article, accomplishes with its beak. Photographs were taken by Sergio Martínez-Nebreda and Paula Medina ...

As puffins fly in from the sea with beaks full of sand eels, the greedy gulls wait to snatch the fish they have worked so hard to catch. It all happens in a flash, so we wanted to reveal the ...

He cites the puffin’s dwindling numbers as his main reason for not eating its meat. The seabird with the bright orange beak and feet is a beloved national icon of Iceland, and can be found ...

Puffin breeding season on Pembrokeshire's Skomer Island is drawing to a close and the birds will soon return to sea once more. More than 38,000 Atlantic puffins began to arrive on the 720-acre ...