A seabird tour off the coast of Sonoma and Marin counties over the weekend included the sighting of a species of albatross that normally lives near the Galapagos Islands.

It’s been a record-breaking season for toroa, the northern royal albatross, at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head – the only mainland ...

Fast forward to today, and we are thrilled to have received a US$140,000 donation from Global Birdfair. This funding supports ...

The albatross is one of nature's most impressive flyers, soaring effortlessly over the ocean for days or weeks at a time, often without flapping its wings for hours. These majestic seabirds are built ...

As long-lived predators at the top of the marine food chain, albatrosses accumulate toxic contaminants such as PCBs, DDT, and mercury in their bodies. A new study has found dramatic differences in ...

The world's oldest known wild bird is hatching a plan to continue her legacy. Wisdom, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross, just laid her first egg in four years in Hawaii, according to U.S. Wildlife ...

Phoebastria immutabilis, commonly known as the Laysan Albatross, is a large seabird native to the North Pacific Ocean. Owing to the decrease in their population size, this species has been listed as ...

Birders willing to ride a boat out into the Pacific Ocean can experience the thrill of seeing the Laysan and black-footed albatrosses there. For birders in the North Atlantic, the best hope is for a ...

Cape Town, South Africa: A new 18 million hectare marine protected area (MPA) declared by South Africa is the world’s seventh largest and represents a major step towards the effective protection of ...

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 ...

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 ...