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In 1973 a young biologist hatched a plan to bring a charismatic seabird back to Maine. It was the start of a five-decade scientific adventure that would ultimately revolutionize seabird restoration.

An immersive exhibit in Maine transports viewers to Eastern Egg Rock, where Project Puffin began.

Maine gets a good share of very rare birds. Some of them keep coming back. Over the past few weeks, Maine’s ocean and offshore islands have played host to at least two exceptionally unusual species. We’ve written about one of them, the tufted puffin...

Maine gets a good share of very rare birds. Some of them keep coming back. Over the past few weeks, Maine’s ocean and offshore islands have played host to at least two exceptionally unusual species. We’ve written about one of them, the tufted puffin...

Maine gets a good share of very rare birds. Some of them keep coming back. Over the past few weeks, Maine’s ocean and offshore islands have played host to at least two exceptionally unusual species. We’ve written about one of them, the tufted puffin...

Steve Kress, PhD ’75, looks back on a 50-year effort to restore the ‘clowns of the sea’ to their breeding grounds off the Maine coast

Situated in the heart of Muscongus Bay, the 15-acre Black Island is owned and preserved by Maine Coast Heritage Trust.

"I keep lists of birds I’ve seen at home, in Maine, in North America and in the world."

Stephanie Morrison of Southport, who has shared her wildlife photos with the newspaper over the past two or three summers, recently went to Eastern Egg Rock to photograph puffins. Here are some of her favorite photos and an explanation about the...

Eastern Egg Rock, in outer Muscongus Bay, is one of a handful of locations along the Maine coast where Atlantic puffins come to nest.