The puffins of Machias Seal Island are feeling the heat. Scientists say there is a link between warming waters and changes in the birds' size and their beaks, as well as fluctuations in ...

The alleged incident happened on 24 June near Machias Seal Island. The island is located between the Canadian province of New Brunswick and the US state of Maine. It is the only contested ...

The Gulf of Maine is warming faster than almost any other ocean region on Earth—and on Machias Seal Island, a popular destination for bird-watching tours, puffin chicks are starving to death by ...

Impacts on local species Some native species have done well with the warming weather, including American crows, Wilson says. "When we first moved here [in the 1970s], most crows left in the winter," ...

If you want to step on land and visit a puffin colony, then this is your only bet. Machias Seal Island allows people to not only watch puffins but also walk around the colony to see them.

Residents of Machias can all agree, there is a new face to UMM. From repaints of the building interior to paved roads, we’re putting ourselves back on the map and back out into the world. This year, ...

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From a bird blind on Seal Island, puffins zoomed in from the sea with a rainbow of fish drooping from their beaks. They carried copper and golden juvenile haddock, redfish and white hake.

The National Security Council convened this morning (19) at the Presidential Secretariat, chaired by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, to discuss security... Partnerships were the name of the game as ...

A rare species for the waters of southern New England, a hooded seal seen on the banks of the Providence River is now being ...