Motion-activated cameras in July 2018 caught the moment a puffin picked up a stick from the ground and used it to scratch its chest. Experts guess the bird may have been trying to dislodge a tick.

Perhaps puffins aren't as bird-brained as previously believed.A team of animal experts observed two Atlantic puffins, more than 1,000 miles apart, spontaneously scratching themselves with sticks -- ...

Straddling the United States and Canada, the small and wondrous Machias Seal Island entices visitors with the clamorous calls of thousands of seabirds gathered together in harmony. A visit to the ...

An Atlantic puffin was seen in the coastal waters of New Hampshire on Aug. 2 and is included in the New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Aug. 8.The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) is also ...

2 puffins scratched their itches with sticks -- the first evidence seabirds can use tools 2 puffins scratched their itches with sticks -- the first evidence seabirds can use tools 2 puffins scratched ...