Young Atlantic puffins migrating for the first time scout out their own routes, rather than relying on genetic programming or help from their parents, the latest study reveals.
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2011
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Cutting edge technology is shedding light on the daily flight paths of puffins around the Farne Islands and providing clues that could be vital to the seabirds' survival.
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2010
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A recent increase in winter mortality in Atlantic puffins could be due to worsening conditions within the North Sea, according to new findings published in the scientific journal Marine Biology. The study used geolocation ...
Ecology
Jan 8, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Newcastle University are using GPS technology in an effort to understand a worrying decline in the numbers of Puffins. In the last five years the numbers of the sea birds has plummeted around ...
Ecology
Jul 1, 2009
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The National Audubon Society is getting involved in a lawsuit over the future of a national monument in the ocean off New England because of the area's importance to seabirds, especially colorfully beaked puffins.
Ecology
Jun 15, 2019
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Changes in seabird numbers are probably the best way to monitor the quality of the marine environment. And things are looking bad. In the past 50 years, the world population of marine birds has more than halved. What's worse ...
Plants & Animals
May 30, 2019
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The Audubon Society wants bird lovers to contribute research to a project scientists hope will help save Atlantic puffins from starvation in Maine.
Ecology
Aug 6, 2014
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The Atlantic storms that have buffeted Europe in recent days have killed at least 5,000 sea birds on the French coast, half of them puffins.
Ecology
Feb 10, 2014
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Five years after undertaking an effort to eradicate rats from a remote Alaska island, conservationists and federal wildlife officials are reporting success.
Ecology
Oct 23, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are studying an invasive shrub which is threatening Scottish puffins and other seabirds.
Ecology
Nov 10, 2010
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