4 articles
Meet the common murre, the foot-propelled pursuit diver of kelp-coast upwellings — a flying auk that hunts 100 metres down and raises chicks on bare cliffs.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
The rhinoceros auklet: the puffin's burrowing cousin with a bill 'horn', night-time colony returns, and fish-laden commutes over kelp-rich shelf water.
Tom Okafor ·
Meet the pigeon guillemot: the black-and-white auk with scarlet feet that nests in shoreline crevices and hunts sculpins through kelp beds.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Meet the tufted puffin: golden head-plumes, burrow colonies and deep kelp-coast dives. Where to see it, what it eats, and why its southern range is shrinking.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·