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

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The mighty albatross can use its huge 3.5 metre wings to circumnavigate the globe in just 46 days. But its ability to travel 10,000 miles in a single journey, without expending almost any energy, has ...

The oldest known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ripe age of about 74, her first in four years, U.S. wildlife officials said. The long-winged seabird named Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, ...

A new longevity record of 42 years and seven months has been established in Japan for the short-tailed albatross, a species once so rare it was deemed extinct. The age of the bird was confirmed ...

The shy albatross is found on three rugged and remote islands off Tasmania. It is Australia's only endemic albatross and can live up to 60 years, making it likely that some birds will outlive the ...

What we know about albatrosses, we largely know from literature -- perhaps most famously from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1798 poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The albatross was considered an omen ...