"There are only 22 species of albatrosses globally, 15 of those are threatened by fishing activity. Albatrosses roam the seas ...

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Albatross chicks are naturally flightless, and this increases their dependence on their parental units to bring back food for them to eat. In this chick’s case, its mother is the world’s oldest known ...

Professional golfer Harry Higgs gained some attention last week when he collected an albatross during the second round of the Safeway Open, a feat that may have led to some curious questions for ...

Space Camp's soon-to-open facility now features an L39 Albatross jet donated by NASA's Jared Isaacman, a Space Camp graduate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Wisdom the Laysan albatross is a special bird. At age 74, she’s the ...

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 ...

Most albatross mate for life, but shy males who avoid confrontation are more likely to be displaced by a more aggressive male, leading to divorce A wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), also known ...

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 ...

And naturally fans think the song is about—you guessed it—Joe. Mostly thanks to the fact that an albatross is defined by good ol' Merriam Webster as "something that causes persistent deep concern or ...

“Viewing the world today, we must all admit that Mother Earth is not in a good shape,” prestigious shipyard Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven says. Their proposal for helping our planet doesn’t involve any kind ...