For reasons not totally understood, puffin numbers here are increasing, the burrows full. Come August, the colony’s chicks reliably depart, waddling down the steep slopes to swim and fly away ...

When wintering out at sea puffins dive as deep as 60m. They swim by flapping their wings as if flying through the water and use their feet to steer. There, they hunt herring, hake, capelin ...

The Oregon Coast Aquarium is just over the halfway point to reaching its goal of producing its new puffin license plates.

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) — The Oregon Coast Aquarium is just over halfway to producing its puffin-themed license plates.