The sound of droplets striking water: How cowbirds control two sound sources in the syrinx to create 'liquid notes'

Cowbirds are special among songbirds for the "watery" timbre of their singing, which resembles the sound of falling droplets ...

People Are Using Sora 2 to Make Disturbing Videos With AI-Generated Kids

Videos such as fake ads featuring AI children playing with vibrators or Jeffrey Epstein- and Diddy-themed play sets are being made with Sora 2 and posted to TikTok.

Behind the Soundscape That Drives Carol Mad in ‘Pluribus’

Kathryn Madsen and Nick Forshager discuss designing the isolating silences and the world-spanning hive-mind dialogue of Apple TV's 'Pluribus.' ...
National Audubon Society

Tufted Puffins Are Vanishing Across the Pacific Northwest—Can an Ambitious New Effort Save Them?

Armed with enthusiasm, researchers and volunteers have joined forces to safeguard the flamboyant seabirds as climate change ...
BBC

Puffin numbers decline on the Farne Islands

The number of puffins living on the Farne Islands has fallen by nearly a quarter. According to a survey by the National Trust which looks after the islands off the coast of Northumberland, the number ...
The Providence Journal

Young sea-going puffin makes only a brief stop in RI before hitching a ride back to ocean

A juvenile Atlantic Puffin was found in a backyard in landlocked Wrentham, Massachusetts. The bird was taken in by the Congress of the Birds rescue in Chepachet, Rhode Island. Rescuers were concerned ...
WBUR

How a young, migrating puffin ended up in someone's Massachusetts backyard

A juvenile puffin blew off course and landed in a backyard in Wrentham, Massachusetts. The bird was taken in by Congress of the Birds, a rescue organization in Rhode Island. With a nor'easter ...
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‘Puffin plates’ from Oregon Coast Aquarium now in production

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — By the end of next year, Oregon drivers could be riding around with a new critter on their license plates. The Oregon Coast Aquarium has announced that its puffin plates are ...
Seattle Times

Puffin prepares for takeoff

Photographer’s description: “Bird-watching on a beautiful sunny day on a boat off Smith Island near Port Townsend, we spotted this tufted puffin flapping its wings while running along the water trying ...
WHDH

Puffin being cared for in RI after it was found far from home in Wrentham backyard

WRENTHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - A family in Wrentham made a rare discovery in their backyard when they spotted an Atlantic puffin Sunday. The seabird species is not typically found as far inland as Wrentham.
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Chepachet wildlife rehab center rescues puffin far from home

(WJAR) — A young Atlantic puffin is resting at a Chepachet wildlife rehabilitation center after he was found in Wrentham on Sunday. Congress of the Birds Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Founder and ...
The Providence Journal

Miles from its home at sea, young puffin lands at RI bird rescue

A wildlife rescue in Chepachet, Rhode Island, is caring for a juvenile Atlantic puffin found in a Massachusetts backyard. The puffin was discovered about 40 miles from the ocean, likely blown off ...