POIPU >> When a moli, or Laysan albatross, took its first flight from the hotel grounds of The Point at Poipu Kauai on July 9, Hob Osterlund was thrilled. “She was just over five months old,” said ...

Quick Take Wisdom, the Laysan albatross banded in 1956, is at least 75 years old and continues to reproduce. She has laid 50 ...

In late November, someone spotted an albatross sitting atop an egg she'd laid on a tiny North Pacific island, just one bird among the millions that return to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge ...

This YouTube clip, released in 2019 as part of a BBC documentary narrated by Sir David Attenborough, is so heartbreaking that it reduced many viewers to tears. Many people expressed their distress on ...

Wisdom is shown in 2024 with the egg she laid at about 74 years old. The chick has now hatched, officials said. Photo from Dan Rapp, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service volunteer The oldest known banded ...

Wild birds are shown at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Photo from Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge's Facebook post A wild bird that “miraculously” survived a tsunami in the ...

Birds are often synonymous with grace, elegance and agility. But one clumsy albatross might have just ruined this illusion. In a live stream shared online, a northern royal albatross in New Zealand ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Steffen Oppel remembers ...

Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has outlived several mating partners and even the biologist who first tagged her in 1956 In late November, someone spotted an albatross sitting atop an egg she'd laid on ...