THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA — The R/V Puffin sliced through uncharacteristically calm waters near Smith Island, a lopsided pancake of land often buffeted by wind and waves at the end of the strait.

It’s hard not to love the tufted puffin. Just a little bigger than a football and not altogether different in shape, this bird’s bright orange beak and mad scientist-like tufts make it a standout on ...

Photographer’s description: “Bird-watching on a beautiful sunny day on a boat off Smith Island near Port Townsend, we spotted this tufted puffin flapping its wings while running along the water trying ...

NOT MANY CRITTERS... boast names that nobly reflect their particular character and spirit, but the tufted puffin most assuredly does. It's a striking seabird that does appear to be rather "puffed," ...

SEQUIM — John Platt and Ajay Varma will present “The Private Aleutian World of Tufted Puffins” at the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The program at the Dungeness River ...

Puffins, often affectionately dubbed as the ‘sea parrots’ or the ‘clowns of the sea’, are enchanting little seabirds. Here are 9 fascinating facts about puffins and their marvellous, yet sometimes ...

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“In 10 years of monitoring, we’ve only seen six puffins wash in — total,” says Julia Parrish a professor who coordinates a West Coast volunteer bird-monitoring network, according to National ...

A tufted puffin sits on St Paul Island, one of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea, Alaska. Credit: Education Images/UIG via Getty Images Puffins are dying in worryingly large numbers in Alaska and ...

THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA — The R/V Puffin sliced through uncharacteristically calm waters near Smith Island, a lopsided pancake of land often buffeted by wind and waves at the end of the strait.