From Ground Nest to Sky Giant: The Albatross Growth Curve

Albatrosses are some of the largest birds in the world. While they might be smaller in height and size than birds like ostriches, they are famous for having the largest wingspan. Given their ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Laysan albatross chick takes flight in first for Poipu

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 ...
AOL

The Heartbreaking Reason Why Albatross Parents Abandon Chicks

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 ...
Charlotte Observer

‘The queen of seabirds’ has a new chick — in her 70s. See the adorable video

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 ...
The State

Albatross that ‘miraculously’ survived a tsunami has a new chick. See them together

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 ...