Nightly News Films: Protecting Puffins
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt - A podcast by Lester Holt, NBC News
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Adorable, rainbow-beaked Atlantic puffins were once so prized that they were nearly hunted to extinction. One man is responsible for their resurgence in population: biologist Steve Kress. NBC News’ Kerry Sanders travels to Eastern Egg Rock Island in the Gulf of Maine to learn more.