The albatross is a large seabird and part of the Diomedeidae family. The bird is commonly found in the North Pacific and the Southern Ocean and can’t be seen in the North Atlantic. It is one of the ...

reported All about Birds for Cornell Lab. According to the USFWS, the Laysan Albatross are smaller than other albatross and are recognized by their white bellies and “gull-like” heads.

The oldest known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ... The long-winged seabird named Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge at the northwestern ...

The world’s oldest known wild bird, an albatross named Wisdom, triumphantly laid her first egg in years this week at the ripe old age of 74. “We are optimistic that the egg will hatch ...

Conservation rangers Sharyn Broni (left) and Colin Facer weigh an albatross ... human reality shows, drama is rare: Royal albatrosses usually mate for life. Rangers selecting the birds to follow ...

noting that “the average age that birds can survive is probably closer to 30 years.” The next oldest albatross that researchers are aware of at Midway Atoll is about 45 years old, he said.