Check out the latest Seabirds in the News articles, below. Also see: Egg Rock Update (ERU) - Project Puffin's annual conservation news bulletin and Project Puffin In The News.
Seabird Conservation News
Press Release: Tricking Seabirds to Curb the Extinction Crisis - from Island Conservation, April 2021
False Scents Can Trick Predators Into Ignoring Nesting Shorebirds - from Audubon.org, March 2021
Seabirds spend nearly 40% of time beyond national borders, study finds - from BirdLife International, March 2021
Septuagenarian Laysan albatross Wisdom hatches new chick on Midway - from Honolulu Star Advertiser, February 2021
New Science Reveals the Big Impact Stewardship has on Coastal Birds - from Audubon.org, February 2021
Researchers used Covid lockdown to show how tourism can protect vulnerable seabirds - from Anthropocene Magazine, January 2021
An Unexplained Flurry of Puffins on Cape Cod - from capeandislands.org, January 2021
A Reason for Hope: Wisdom, world’s oldest known, banded bird, returns to Midway Atoll - from medium.com, December 2020
Black-capped Petrel Conservation Through Poverty Alleviation in a Haitian Community - from birdscaribbean.org, November 2020
Warming ocean, old-forest loss put a squeeze on an elusive seabird, the marbled murrelet - from cannonbeachgazette.com, September 2020
Seabird Poop Is Worth More Than $1 Billion Annually - from smithsonianmag.com, August 2020
Restoration of the critically endangered seabird - from Phys.org, July 2020
Scientists shed new light on how seabirds cruise through air and water - from Science Daily, June 2020
Environmental groups sue Trump, saying he can’t open marine monument to fishing - from Portland Press Herald, June 2020
Birding Today: Black Terns on the decline - from Muskogee Phoenix, May 2020
Virginia’s Largest Seabird Colony Relocates to New Temporary Home - from Audubon.org, May 2020
Virginia comes through for displaced Hampton Roads waterbird colony - from Augusta Free Press, May 2020
Court’s Decision to Uphold Marine National Monument is a Win for Seabirds - from Audubon.org, December 2019
When penguins ruled after dinosaurs died - from SciGlow.com, December 2019
Rare video shows a puffin using a tool to scratch an itch - from The Washington Post, December 2019
Court upholds national monument designation off New England coast - from Portland Press Herald, December 2019
Evidence of tool use in a seabird - from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2019
World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Returns to Midway Atoll In Time for Thanksgiving - from U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, November 2019
Why sea birds regurgitated thousands of rubber bands on an uninhabited British island - from CNN, October 2019
New UN Report Documents Effects of Climate Change on Earth’s Oceans - from Audubon.org, September 2019
Chile announces vital new regulations to protect seabirds - from BirdLife International, September 2019
New Seabird Study Highlights Importance of Healthy Forage Fish Populations in Warming World - from Audubon.org, September 2019
Puffins Would Not Exist Without Three Key Threatened Laws - from nrdc.org (Natural Resources Defense Council), August 2019
How puffins catch food outside the breeding season - from University of Liverpool News, July 2019
Maine takes a BIG step forward to address climate change - from Friends of Casco Bay, June 2019
Audubon intervenes to protect ocean monument for puffins - from Washington Post, June 2019
Puffins found starving to death in mass die-off likely linked to climate change, study suggests - from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), May 2019
Common Murres' Incredible, Colorful Eggs - from Hakai magazine, April 2019
Hidden Hawaiian Bird Nests Finally Found - from Hakai magazine, March 2019
Your Dumb Party Balloons Are Killing All the Seabirds - from Live Science, March 2019
Maine’s lobster industry braces for ‘catastrophic’ cuts to bait fish catch - from Bangor Daily News, February 2019
Gutting Protections in a Marine Sanctuary: Trump and Zinke Take Aim at Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument - from [Blog] Union of Concerned Scientists, December 2018
Proof of life: the seabird egg that has Portuguese conservationists excited - from BirdLife International, December 2018
Bird Casualties Remain a Mystery After Largest-ever Oil Spill Off Canada's East Coast - from Audubon.org, December 2018
Wisdom The Albatross, World's Oldest Wild Bird, Lays Another Egg - from NPR.org, December 2018
Asia's rarest seabird could be easier to spot in the future - from BirdLife International, November 2018
SeaRose crude oil spill offshore Newfoundland - from Memorial University Web, November 2018
Want to save seabirds? Follow them. - from BirdLife International, November 2018
Nearshore New England Waters Gain Protections From Midwater Trawling for Herring - from Pew Charitable Trusts, September 2018
Why Are Puffins Vanishing? The Hunt for Clues Goes Deep (Into Their Burrows) - from New York Times, August 2018
South America's Otherworldly Seabird - from The Atlantic, July 2018
Seabirds enhance coral reef productivity and functioning in the absence of invasive rats - from Nature, July 2018
Marine plastic: Hundreds of fragments in dead seabirds - from BBC News, June 2018
A world without puffins? The uncertain fate of the much-loved seabirds - from The Guardian, June 2018
The threats behind the plight of the puffin - from The Conversation, June 2018
Eerie silence falls on Shetland cliffs that once echoed to seabirds’ cries - from The Guardian, June 2018
South Georgia declared rat-free after centuries of rodent devastation - from The Guardian, May 2018
Propose Banning Sale of Puffin Meat - from Iceland Review, April 2018
A children's puffin rescue squad - from CBS Sunday Morning Show, April 2018 (and a Project Puffin mention - link to FAQs)
Did you know that puffins have glowing bills? - from Bangor Daily News, April 2018
Maine lobster industry buoyed by higher quota for pogies, a key bait fish - from Portland Press Herald, April 2018
Vampire mice killing hundreds of Laysan albatross on Hawaiian island of Midway - from Raising Islands Blog, March 2018
Fisheries output to plunge unless global warming reeled in - from Reuters, March 2018 (Note: Not about seabirds directly - related content)
Wisdom, The World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird, Successfully Hatches Another Chick! - from USFWS - Pacific Region, February 2018
Photos: UV Light Reveals Surprising Hidden Message on the Beaks of Atlantic Puffins - from Newsweek, February 2018
Oregon Elevates Threatened Marbled Murrelet to Endangered Status - from Oregon Public Broadcasting, February 2018
A critical fishery left vulnerable to one company's exploitation - by Steve Kress - from Portland Press Herald, November 2017
Summer may be getting longer in waters off New Englend - from Boston.com, September 2017
Cormorants Flock to Nesting Platforms on New East Span - from Metropolitan Transportation Commission (mtc.ca.gov), May 2017
The One Percent: Murre Colonies Struggle To Reproduce Following Die-Off - from KUCB KIAL Unalaska Community Broadcasting, May 2017
To Save Albatross From Sea Level Rise, an Experimental Colony Lifts Off - from Audubon.org, March 2017
Disappearing Puffins Bring an Icelandic Hunting Tradition Under Scrutiny - from Smithsonian.com, January 2017
Hunting 'Turr' in Newfoundland's Frigid Waters - from NY Times, December 2016
Scientists stumped by disappearing seabirds off Nova Scotia despite protections - from CBC/Radio-Canada, November 2016
Landslide Triggered by New Zealand Earthquake Crushes Rare Seabird Colony - from Audubon.org, November 2016
Hundreds Of Dead Puffins Are Mysteriously Washing Ashore In Alaska - from Huffington Post, November 2016
Animals Eat Ocean Plastic Because it Smells Like Food - from National Geographic, November 2016
The ocean is losing its breath - and climate change is making it worse - from The Conversation, October 2016
World's largest protected marine area to shelter penguins, petrels - from BirdLife International, October 2016
Not Just Another Stinky Fish - from The New York Times, October 2016
Puffin numbers rise on Lundy Island after rat eradication - from North Devon Journal, August 2016
In their hunt for misspent EU cash, even rare birds are fair game for Brexit camp - from The Guardian, June 2016
Scientists: Climate change is behind Arctic's 'startling' winter warmth - from Alaska Dispatch News, March 2016
Animals Die in Large Numbers, and Researchers Scratch Their Heads - from nytimes.com, January 2016
Thousands of birds found dead along the Alaskan shoreline - from CNN.com, January 2016
Recovery: The Miracle on Palmyra - from Cool Green Science, December 2015
12 Adorable Animals Threatened by Climate Change - from Mashable, December 2015
How Plastic Birds Are Bringing Crested Terns Back From The Brink - from Audubon Magazine, November/December 2015
The Burning Man of Birding: Inside Iceland's Puffin Festival - from Audubon Magazine, November/December 2015
Endangered Hawaiian Petrels Moved To Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge - from American Bird Conservancy, November 2015
World's biggest seabird tracking database shows their incredible journeys - from BirdLife International, October 2015
After 60 million years of extreme living, seabirds are crashing - from theguardian.com, September 2015
Sea Level Rise and Storm Wave Flooding Threaten Seabirds - from usgs.gov, September 2015
90 Percent of Seabirds are Eating Plastic - from conservationmagazine.org, September 2015
In The Stomach Of A Seabird, A Glimpse Of An Ocean Heating Up - from npr.org, August 2015
Puffins' winter odyssey revealed - from BBC News, July 2015
Why Aren't Ethics and Morality Considered Relevant in Debates Over Wildlife Culls? - from Pacific Standard Magazine (psmag.com), June 2015
Icelandic Birds on European Endangered List - from Iceland Review Online, June 2015
Plastic pellets found in puffin tummies - from CBS News, March 2015
Plastic pollution found inside dead seabirds - from The Scotsman, March 2015
Scottish Puffins found with plastic pellets in their stomachs - from fauna-flora.org, March 2015
Herring decline threatens fragile seabird populations, biologist says - from cbc.ca, March 2015
Wisdom - the World's Oldest Laysan Albatross - Lays an Egg at Midway Atoll - from USFWS Pacific, December 2014
Are We Missing the Big Picture on Climate Change? - from nytimes.com, December 2014
Toxins from plastic pollution impacting health of seabirds, scientists say - from abc.net.au, September 2014
Listen to the puffins, the ocean's canary in the coal mine - from thechronicleherald.ca, September 2014
Gannet population in grave shape off Newfoundland, scientists warn - from cbc.ca, August 2014
'It is a remarkable success story' - from kcby.com, August 2014
Iceland's Seabird Colonies Are Vanishing, With "Massive" Chick Deaths - from nationalgeographic.com, August 2014
Shifts In Habitat May Threaten Ruddy Shorebird's Survival - from npr.org, July 2014
Once-common marine birds disappearing from our coast - from The Seattle Times, July 2014
Ghost Towns, Puffins and Unspoiled Views - from NY Times, July 2014
Birders are not obsessive … Hey, look! A tufted puffin! - from Bangor Daily News, June 2014
Calling all puffins - from The Telegraph, April 2014 (Note: article link no longer available)
Forage species poised for enhanced protection on the west coast - from Audubon's Audublog.org, April 2014
Plankton make scents for seabirds and a cooler planet - from Science Daily, March 2014
Fears for Westcountry puffins after "storm wreck' - from North Devon Journal, March 2014
Northern Mystery: Why Are Birds of the Arctic in Decline? - from Yale Environment 360 (e360), January 2014 - also please refer to this pdf file by Ed Struzik
Interview: Dr. Bill Montevecchi on Oil and Dispersant Effects on Birds Wintering in the Gulf of Mexico - from Ocean Conservancy, January 2014
What Does a Puffin Taste Like? The answer is even worse than the question. - from slate.com, January 2014
Traffic Jams Lend Insight Into Emperor Penguin Huddle - from sciencedaily.com, December 2013
To avoid killing birds with wind turbines, researchers track flight patterns off Maine coast - from Bangor Daily News, July 2013
Penguin Sentinels - from NSF QUEST, July 2013
Guillemot eggs are self-cleaning - from BBC News, July 2013
Puffin Count On Isle of May NNR in Scotland Gives Surprising Result - from sciencedaily.com, May 2013
Lost & Found - from New Zealand Geographic, May 2013
Puffins Overhunted in Iceland - from News of Icelend, May 2013
Invasive species: The 18-km2 rat trap - from nature.com, May 2013
Seabirds Carry Warnings of Ocean Pollution - from LiveScience.com, May 2013
Plan to save New Zealand seabirds heralds changes to fishing practises - from BirdLife International, April 2013
Hundreds of dead puffins found on the east coast could have died of starvation due to wintry weather - from Daily Record (UK), March 2013
A Guitar reveals the call of the Fiji Petrel - from BirdLife International, January 2013
Fake gannets entice real gannets to hatch chick on Motuora Island - from New Zealand Department of Conservation, January 2013
Tern Island research station destroyed, crew evacuating - from Raising Islands--Hawai'i science and environment (raisingislands.blogspot.com), December 2012
Razorbill: Victim of Hurricane Sandy? - from CNN iReport, December 2012
Rat eradication project on South Georgia set to resume - from BBC News, November 2012
Above the ocean: saving the world's most threatened birds - from news.mongabay.com, November 2012
Easing The Collateral Damage Fisheries Inflict on Seabirds - from Yale's sciencedaily.com, August 2012
Can One Incredibly Stubborn Person Save a Species? - from motherjones.com, May/June 2012
Arctic Seabirds Adapt to Climate Change - from sciencedaily.com, May 2012
More petrels discovered in Haiti - from BirdLife International, February 2012
First ever chick photos give hope for threatened Caribbean seabird - from Grupo Jaragua, January 2012
Second Short-Tailed Albatross Hatches at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge - from What's New - Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge News, January 2012 (Note: article link no longer available)
Aircraft carrier and helicopters come to unique island’s rescue - from BirdLife International, December 2011
A Call to Protect Humble Fish, for Seabirds’ Sake - from NY Times, December 2011
She's Back! - from What's New - Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge News, December 2011 (Note: article link no longer available)
Outright puffin hunting ban suggested in face of population crisis - from IceNews, November 2011
Little auks go to the Greenland Sea to moult - originally from PlanetEarthONLINE, September 2011
New Bird Species Revealed to Science After 50 Years in Museum Drawer - from abcbirds.org, August 2011
Grim Outlook for Puffin and Arctic Tern Nesting - from icelandreview.com, June 2011
Puffins get 'sat nav' devices for key study - from independent.ie, May 2011
'Success' in South Georgia rat eradication - from BBC News, May 2011
New Models May Reduce Seabird Bycatch - from sciencedaily.com, April 2011
'Naked' Penguins Baffle Experts - from sciencedaily.com, April 2011
200 puffin decoys to lure birds back to Ramsey Island - from BBC News, April 2011
Big Fishing Yields Small Fish - from sciencenews.org, April 2011
MS Oliva runs aground on Nightingale Island, Causing an Environmental Disaster - from tristandc.com, March 2011
Oldest known wild bird in US returns to Midway to raise chick - from Science Daily, March 2011
Another New Storm-Petrel Discovered - from BirdingBlogs.com, February 2011 - also please refer to this pdf file by Peter Harrison
Ninety Percent of Arctic Tern Chicks Starve - from Iceland Review_Online, January 2011
China’s rarest bird discovered wintering in Indonesia - from BirdLife International, December 2010
A Path for Puffins - from The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 2010
Flexibility could help seabirds cope with climate change - from PlanetEarth Online, November 2010 (Note: article link no longer available)
Worsening North Sea conditions could be increasing Atlantic puffins mortality in winter - from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), August 2010
Puffin colony recovers after mystery crash in numbers - from guardian.co.uk, July 2010
Jamaica's petrels reveal some of their secrets - from BirdLife International, June 2010
Murres & Eagles - from OPB.org (TV Section), March 2010
Extermination in paradise - from NewScientist.com, March 2010
Dead puffins thought to have been blown to Island by storms - from The Royal Gazette, February 2010
Preventing extinction through education - from BirdLife International, January 2010
Arctic tern's epic journey mapped - from BBC News, January 2010
North Sea conditions could be harming puffins - from PlanetEarthOnline, January 2010
