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Penguins: Popularity, Peril and Poop

Penguins are odd birds. For one, they cannot fly (but they are amazing swimmers),...

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Short-tailed Albatross

In the 1940s the short-tailed albatross population plummeted from tens of millions...

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Black-Capped Petrel

Once common in the West Indies, the Black Capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata),...

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Tern and Loggerhead Sea Turtle, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

“I slowly approached this bird resting on the back of a turtle just under the...

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Socotra Archipelago, Yemen

The Socotra Archipelago site in Yemen was inscribed on the World Heritage List in...

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Watching for Fish in the Puffin's Beak

In recent years, I have taken to watching flying fish along the Maine coast. Not...

Saving Albatross Lives with Bird Scaring Lines

Soaring high above the open Southern Ocean, a snowy, white wandering albatross...

How the Puffin Returned to Eastern Egg Rock

In 1969, 23-year-old Stephen Kress sat in a library on Hog Island, where he taught...

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Citizens of the High Seas

In a world where land is partitioned into countries with defined borders, the ocean...