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 ...

Fisherman Juan Alberto Infante was in the port of Anconcito, Ecuador, when he noticed a large seabird behaving abnormally.

The oldest known banded wild bird is now the mother to yet another chick — in her 70s. Wisdom, a Laysan albatross sometimes called the “the queen of seabirds,” has a new chick, Friends of Midway Atoll ...

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 ...

A wild bird that “miraculously” survived a tsunami in the Pacific that’s estimated to have wiped out thousands of other chicks is now tending to a chick of his own, a volunteer group said. The Laysan ...

Midway Atoll resident biologist John Klavitter is not surprised when he finds plastic in the bellies of dead Laysan albatross chicks. Opening one chick's stomach with a bone, Klavitter finds lots of ...

Using drone imagery, New Zealand researchers are evaluating a deep learning model called BirdDetector, as it analyzes Salvin’s albatross populations across the Bounty Islands. After testing the model ...

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 ...