One of the world’s most famous birds has returned to her nesting site. Wisdom, the 75-year-old albatross is known as the ...

They were rescued separately, one trapped between cargo containers on a ship into Long Beach, the other in the middle of the desert, but two rare albatrosses were released together Thursday afternoon ...

View more articles tagged as The Albatross Task Force: reducing albatross deaths by 99% View more articles tagged as Species As with many of the world’s albatross species, bycatch from fisheries is a ...

People fishing illegally in the world’s oceans may soon need to watch out for more than patrol boats, after scientists tested how effective albatrosses were in tracking fishing vessels. In a six-month ...

Not all relationships end in “happily ever after”, and birds are no exception. While more than 90% of bird species form monogamous couples, many of these will end in divorce. The reasons for splitting ...

An agreement made at a conference in the Philippines is great news for the several albatross species that raise their young in New Zealand, says Forest & Bird. The resolution was passed at a meeting ...

The famed albatrosses of Midway Atoll took a beating from the tsunami, but their population will survive, say biologists on the islands. There are, of course, more pressing concerns in the tsunami's ...

When it comes to fidelity, birds fit the bill: Over 90 percent of all bird species are monogamous and — mostly — stay faithful, perhaps none more famously than the majestic albatross. Albatross ...

The Wandering Albatross, the world's largest flying bird has a wing span of up to 3.5 metres and can travel several thousand kilometres across the sea on a single journey. But these powerful birds are ...

There is love. And then there's albatross love. In his new book, The Thing With Feathers, Noah Strycker says albatrosses have a knack for coupling. "These globe trotters, who mate for life and are ...

Sometimes, the most important sounds are those that cannot be heard. Take infrasound—acoustic waves below the range of human hearing. Although nuclear weapons blasts, midair meteor explosions, ...