Studying puffin populations on three Norwegian islands, scientists have uncovered the first evidence to connect a large-scale hybridization to 20th-century warming trends. Yet a serious decline in the birds’ genetic diversity does not bode well for their future.
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The Atlantic puffins, the colorful seabirds that nest on remote islands off the Maine coast, are showing signs of resilience in the face of climate change. After a dismal breeding season in 2021 due to a lack of fish, the puffins have rebounded in 2022 and 2023 thanks to the abundance of sand lance, another…