Past studies of albatross diets relied largely on analysis ... “We were surprised because we had expected adults would prefer fish to low energy-value jellyfish when feeding their offspring ...

The world-famous Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) was spotted caring for her newest chick at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the North Pacific Ocean this month. Dan Rapp, a ...

Wisdom, who is believed to be 74-years old, has been tending to her latest addition which hatched on 30 January 2025.

The Laysan Albatross was first banded (or marked ... supervisory wildlife biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, told NPR of the unlikely odds for a bird like Wisdom.

Photo from Dan Rapp, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service volunteer The oldest known banded wild bird is now the mother to yet another chick — in her 70s. Wisdom, a Laysan albatross sometimes called ...

The egg recently hatched to Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, who resides at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Honolulu, Hawaii. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFW) Columbia Pacific ...

From the pre-breeding period, where the albatross adults spend hours displaying ... only to bring back plastic in amongst any fish or squid items it managed to find. Thankfully, chicks can get ...

The proventriculus removes the water and turns the fish oils and meat into a concentrated mixture for the albatross parents to feed their chicks. So, whatever the parents eat, the chick will also ...