"There are only 22 species of albatrosses globally, 15 of those are threatened by fishing activity. Albatrosses roam the seas ...
A new longevity record of 42 years and seven months has been established in Japan for the short-tailed albatross, a species once so rare it was deemed extinct. The age of the bird was confirmed ...
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The shy albatross is found on three rugged and remote islands off Tasmania. It is Australia's only endemic albatross and can live up to 60 years, making it likely that some birds will outlive the ...
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The world’s oldest known banded bird in the wild is back at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and about to become a new mother again. Wisdom, a moli or ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Wisdom the Laysan albatross is a special bird. At age 74, she’s the ...
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known banded wild bird, is prepping to be a mom again — at age 63. The Laysan albatross has laid an egg at a nesting site at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the ...
Professional golfer Harry Higgs gained some attention last week when he collected an albatross during the second round of the Safeway Open, a feat that may have led to some curious questions for ...
What we know about albatrosses, we largely know from literature -- perhaps most famously from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1798 poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The albatross was considered an omen ...