Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Atlantic puffin strands on a beach in Ponce Inlet, a long way from its home in the North Atlantic. The puffin was rescued on ...

THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA — The R/V Puffin sliced through uncharacteristically calm waters near Smith Island, a lopsided pancake of land often buffeted by wind and waves at the end of the strait.

In a typical day, the Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet takes any number of injured seabirds, raptors or other bird species commonly found in Volusia County. But last month, to employees' surprise, ...