People are familiar with animal rescues and Humane Societies that bring in dogs, cats, rabbits, and more. However, birds are not usually seen at these kinds of places, which is where Albatross Aviary ...

Albatross birds are masters at soaring through the wind without flapping their wings. They can spend years over the ocean without touching land. (Image from Albatross documentary) If ever there was a ...

Big birds live longer than small birds. Albatrosses, with their 10-foot wingspans and beaks the size of an Idaho potato, may ...

For this elder albatross — and new mother — the name “Wisdom” is well-earned. At 75 years old (at least), she may be no spring chicken, but this Laysan albatross of the north Pacific has lived through ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In the Albatross Aviary, a nonprofit bird rescue, Gairen Tembruell works as somewhat of an underpaid babysitter— the Cesar Millan of abandoned birds. "Essentially, I run a ...

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 ...

Conservation rangers Sharyn Broni (left) and Colin Facer weigh an albatross on June 18, 2024, at Taiaroa Head, New Zealand. The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It’s a reality show about a ...

The world's oldest known wild bird, a Laysan albatross that is at least 68 years old, has laid another egg. Wisdom, who returns each year to Midway Atoll to nest, was seen back at her favorite nest ...

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