As tufted puffin populations take a deep dive, an effort surfaces to get the birds listed as endangered species . By Jason Bittel. Published March 2, 2014 6:00PM (EST) --Shares. Facebook.

The hybrid puffins likely arose from the breeding between two subspecies within the past 100 or so years, coinciding with the onset of the 20th-century warming pattern, the study concludes.

Atlantic puffins range the entire North Atlantic Ocean with approximately 60 percent of the world's puffins breeding in and around Iceland. On this side of the pond, ...

Despite their small size, puffins are impressive fliers and swimmers, adapted to life on both land and sea. Depending on the species, puffins range from about 10 to 16 inches tall, making them ...

The puffins in the Gulf of Maine are particularly vulnerable because they live on the outer edge of the bird’s geographic range.

So how did you come to be photographing puffins in Maine? I was a one-man New England bureau for Newsday from ’85 to ’88, and Maine was always my favorite state for its amazing range of both people ...

Maine is the southern tip of the Atlantic puffin’s range. Tourists and locals delight in seeing them at the offshore islands on sightseeing tours out of Bar Harbor and Stonington.

Puffins, seabirds that resemble half-pint penguins except that they can fly, were decimated in the late 1880s by hunters for their meat and feathers in Maine. Now, there are more than 700 nesting ...

Puffins 4 years old and younger make up at least 70 percent of the catch. ... After an hour, only three puffins had flown within range of Sigursteinsson’s net, ...

Atlantic puffins range the entire North Atlantic Ocean with approximately 60 percent of the world's puffins breeding in and around Iceland. On this side of the pond, ...

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. It is charismatic, beloved by everyone and an indicator of ...