The National Audubon Society began Project Puffin to reintroduce the birds to their historic nesting area in the Gulf of Maine. Using decoys, transplanted chicks, sound machines and even ...

Cliff tops, empty and dark for months, turn to commotion near the beginning of April with the arrival of antic, adorable-looking Atlantic puffins. Smallest of the four puffin species, they have ...

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 ...

But there was one unanimous choice, a bird that everyone agreed must be included: the puffin. Image credit: Alex Board / Silverback Films / BBC Simon King, cameraman and wildlife consultant ...