Articles for tag: coastal ecosystems, maine puffins, puffin population recovery, seabird conservation, Wildlife Restoration

white and black bird on brown tree trunk

Maine Puffins Bounce Back

Suhail Ahmed

I still remember the first time a puffin skimmed past my kayak, orange feet flashing like traffic cones in a storm. Not long ago, these birds felt like a memory in parts of Maine, their burrows quiet and their food uncertain. Now, signs of a come ripple across the Gulf of Maine, cautious but unmistakable. ...

a fox standing in the snow

The Science Behind the Swift Fox’s Comeback on the Great Plains

Suhail Ahmed

At dusk on the shortgrass prairie, a flash of cinnamon fur slips between yucca shadows – and for the first time in decades, it belongs here. The swift fox, once missing from vast stretches of the Great Plains, is edging back thanks to a rare blend of Indigenous leadership, state-and-federal coordination, and new science. The ...