This story appears in the June 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. Here they come, wings beating like a manic pulse, bodies a blur of black and white, a flash of orange from beaks ...

Like clockwork, the Atlantic puffins are back on Rathlin Island for the first time this year, a small vanguard but expected to grow steadily over the coming days. The first puffin to arrive this ...

Atlantic puffins’ beaks are more reminiscent of birds that live in the rainforest than on chilly cliffs. Bright orange or red, with blue and white streaks, it’s obvious why they’ve been ...

There are four species of puffins: Atlantic, horned, tufted and (despite the misleading name) rhinoceros auklets. They live along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.