Here, the incredible Antipodean wandering albatross which have been foraging over the South Pacific Ocean all winter, return to their home island - where they face arguably their greatest ...

A fast spreading form of bird flu is devastating colonies where almost half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed on a remote island group halfway between South Africa and Antarctica. High ...

Meet the albatross ocean sentinels who patrol the seas for illegal fishers. The life of a sentinel Wandering albatrosses breed on remote islands around Antarctica. These are usually only ...

1. The wandering albatross is a feathered giant having the longest wingspan of any bird, at up to 3.5m (11ft)! 2. Albatrosses can travel at speeds of up to 140km/h. 3. They are so efficient in ...

From the Andean condor and the wandering albatross to the prehistoric giant Argentavis magnificens, these colossal birds ...

Plastic debris has been collected at Bird Island and Signy Island for the last three decades (Pic BAS) Items ingested by wandering albatrosses and giant petrels were primarily food-related ...

Of the 1,900 wandering albatross chicks born on the island in 2024, some 150 have died and adult brown skuas, king penguins, giant petrels and sooty albatrosses have also been affected, according ...

Kath Walker and Graeme Elliott, pictured on Antipodes Island with a male wandering albatross, have spent 32 summers and counting charting the populations of birds on subantarctic islands.

PORT TOWNSEND — Author and seabird expert Peter Harrison will present a lecture on albatrosses this Sunday as a part of the ...

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment said among Wandering Albatrosses, chicks were mostly affected, with at least 150 of approximately 1900 chicks from the 2024 cohort having ...