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 ...

Of the 21 albatross species, 19 are threatened or endangered. The Chatham albatross is critically endangered, with only about 11,000 of the birds remaining. Kennedy Warne Through the fog steamed ...

The endangered short-tailed albatross, a designated Japanese special natural treasure that lives on remote Japanese islands, is actually two different species and should be classified as such ...

Caption Albatross species such as the Laysan albatross forage in waters offshore, and their ranges overlap with areas being considered for offshore wind energy development. Displacement from ...

Author and seabird expert Peter Harrison will present a lecture on albatrosses this Sunday as a part of the Port Townsend ...

Learn how species that faced extinction are bouncing back From the fin whale and albatross to the gecko, populations are drawing back from the brink of extinction—thanks to intensive ...

There are many potential factors why we have seen declines of up to 60% in some albatross species from across South Georgia. One factor is being caught in fishing operations in waters much further ...

Today, Midway’s 400,000 nesting pairs represent 70 percent of the world’s Laysan population; they are by far the most numerous albatross species. Many of the 20 other species are not thriving.

In other species, the males and females dance together, like the synchronized group dance of the flamingo. The Galapagos ...

As a result of the confirmed cases of HPAI, fieldwork involving close contact with impacted species has been suspended ... long-term monitoring of wandering albatross, black-browed albatross ...

The albatross’s technique is called 'dynamic ... Young albatrosses first fly aged between three to ten months, depending on the species, but then leave land behind for around five to ten years ...