February 2026 has seen thousands of dead seabirds washing up along the coastlines of the UK, France, Spain and Portugal.

A juvenile Atlantic Puffin was found in a backyard in landlocked Wrentham, Massachusetts. The bird was taken in by the Congress of the Birds rescue in Chepachet, Rhode Island. Rescuers were concerned ...

A puffin aged 34 has died after being washed up on an Aberdeenshire beach in stormy weather. It was found at Balmedie on 29 ...

Atlantic puffins spend much of their lives beyond human view, scattered across the cold waters of the North Atlantic. They only return to land during breeding season, and even then, only in remote ...

There have been rare observations of puffins using sticks in a way that may indicate tool use, a behavior not previously documented in this species. Using a stick once thought to be just for nest ...

Hit especially hard by recent storms, the birds have been washing ashore by the thousands along France's Atlantic coast. A rescue center in the southwest is taking in those who managed to survive ...

A little puffin blown hundreds of miles off course by recent storms has been rescued by a dog walker from a beach in the south of England. Sonia Meachen, from Dereham, Norfolk, was walking her dog ...