Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, has outlived at least three mates and the researcher who outfitted her with a tracking band in 1956. By Sara Ruberg The world’s oldest known wild bird, a 74-year-old Laysan ...
This week on the broadcast, 60 Minutes takes viewers to Midway Atoll, a remote group of islands in the Pacific Ocean that sit roughly equidistant between North America and Asia. Although Midway is ...
The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest. Wisdom the Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) — band number ...
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 ...
This week I’m going to venture south, below the equator and tell you about a bird that most of us will never see. The albatross is one of the largest flying birds in the world with a wingspan that ...
Kapa'a, Hawaii — She could be any of a million Laysan albatross returning each fall to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, a group of three tiny islands formed from coral reefs in the North Pacific ...