Articles for tag: AtlanticPuffins, MainePuffins, WildlifeConservation

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Maine Puffins Rebound Stuns Scientists

Suhail Ahmed

  On a foggy July morning off the Maine coast, the cliffs seemed to breathe – burrows humming, wings beating, the sea stitched with color again. For years, rising ocean temperatures had scrambled the puffins’ menu and dimmed their prospects, turning once-joyful seasons into tense experiments in survival. This year, though, field crews describe something ...