Come to Newfoundland, save a puffin — and leave thinking about light pollution

Come to Newfoundland, save a puffin — and leave thinking about light pollution

Every August, volunteers and locals near Witless Bay, N.L., form the Puffin Patrol and search for stranded pufflings led astray by artificial lights during their first journey out to sea. This year, more puffins are being found — and that could be a good thing.