An incredible photo of a puffin reveals that the birds' beaks actually have a fluorescent quality to them. Evidently, a part of their beaks glow bright blue when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light.

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The high-tech birds can see 99 million more colors than we can. Birds are awesome. They fly (well, most of them do), they form massive swarms, and they’re basically living dinosaurs. But puffins, ...

While studying a bird called a twite, ornithologist Jamie Dunning got sidetracked and discovered something incredible in puffin beaks. "Originally it was a bit of a mess around," Dunning told Newsweek ...

If you’ve never seen a puffin before, prepare to be surprised by their diminutive size, impressed by their diving capabilities and amused by their colourful beaks and sad eyes. The UK has 580,000 ...

In a typical day, the Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet takes any number of injured seabirds, raptors or other bird species commonly found in Volusia County. But last month, to employees' surprise, ...

Tufted puffins regulate their body temperature thanks to their large bills, an evolutionary trait that might explain their capacity to fly for long periods in search for food. Tufted puffins regulate ...

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Birds are awesome. They fly (well, most of them do), they form massive swarms, and they’re basically living dinosaurs. But puffins, which are already cool because they’re birds, just got a whole lot ...