A sudden federal push to reassess wildlife refuges is raising new questions about the future of Maine’s most cherished ...
The Fish and Wildlife Service has been asked to “look for refuges and hatcheries established for a purpose that no longer ...
An Atlantic puffin has been rescued on Hove Beach, Sussex, by local wildlife volunteers in an "extremely rare" incident ...
After contorting under boulders for puffin chicks, chasing skittish tern chicks in the weeds and sitting as stone-silent sentinels in bird blinds to observe feeding and behavior, the five-person ...
Families have been summering along the coast of Maine for generations, so it makes sense that many of the courses on the Best in State list date to the first decades of the 20th century. The current ...
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 ...
ST GEORGE, Maine — Maine has a puffin population thanks to one determined researcher who hatched a plan more than 50 years ago. His idea was to take newly hatched puffins—also known as pufflings—from ...
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 ...
EASTERN EGG ROCK, Maine — On remote islands off the Maine coast, a unique bird held its own this year in the face of climate change. Atlantic puffins — clownish seabirds with colorful bills and ...