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The murre die-off might have gone unexplained if it weren't for decades of observations from researchers and citizen scientists.

A small group of Unalaskans learned to identify bird carcasses last week in an effort to help scientists track increasing mortalities on Alaska's…

Thousands of dead seabirds washed up on Alaska's shores this summer, marking the state's fifth straight year of mass die-offs.The carcasses have ranged…

What caused more than 300 puffins to wash up dead in the Pribilof Islands last fall? Starvation.But one ecologist thinks there may be another factor:…

In the past two months, 300 dead puffins have washed up on St. Paul Island, alarming residents who had only seen six carcasses over the last decade.The…