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Wisdom the Laysan albatross: This bird is 74 years old. She’s found a new partner and just laid another egg
1 month ago

Wisdom the Laysan albatross: This bird is 74 years old. She’s found a new partner and just laid another egg

CNN  

CNN — The world’s oldest known wild bird has sparked “special joy” among scientists after she laid an egg – her first in four years – at the age of 74. Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, was spotted with the egg and a new partner last week at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, an island sanctuary located on the far northern …

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The remote island where giant tortoises clear runways for albatrosses
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The remote island where giant tortoises clear runways for albatrosses

BBC  

The remote island where giant tortoises clear runways for albatrosses Alamy Diego, the giant tortoise who almost single handedly saved his own species An army of reptilian bulldozers is helping a Galápagos island make an ecological comeback. Alamy Albatross "landing strips" are maintained by giant tortoises allowing them to take off and land And, despite being a land animal, a …

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Love like the wandering albatross
1 year, 10 months ago

Love like the wandering albatross

The Hindu  

The eggs of the wandering albatross take an eternity to hatch. Every two years, during the southern hemisphere’s summer, the seabirds return to land to reunite with mates, nest, and produce a single chick. “They sit and have a cuddle.” Based on research on other seabirds, there’s a theory the leaving bird appraises the arriving mate’s health and decides how …

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Nature: Albatrosses can plunge up to 62ft underwater after prey-more than twice as deep as thought
2 years, 11 months ago

Nature: Albatrosses can plunge up to 62ft underwater after prey-more than twice as deep as thought

Daily Mail  

Black-browed albatrosses can plunge up to a whopping 62 feet into the sea in pursuit of their prey — more than twice the depth previously thought. However, the team found that half of the black-browed albatrosses studied could dive deeper than 33 feet — with some reaching nearly twice this depth. Black-browed albatrosses can plunge up to a whopping 62 …

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Albatrosses: Birds known for monogamy splitting up as a result of climate change, study finds
3 years, 1 month ago

Albatrosses: Birds known for monogamy splitting up as a result of climate change, study finds

Daily Mail  

Divorce rates among notoriously monogamous albatrosses are being boosted by climate change, as warming waters force males to travel further for food. Yet this figure rises to as high as eight per cent when water temperatures are elevated, with pairs splitting even after a successful previous breeding season. However, the team also found that, irrespective of previous breeding performance, albatross …

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These birds were very loyal once but are now falling out of love. Here's why
3 years, 1 month ago

These birds were very loyal once but are now falling out of love. Here's why

India Today  

Climate change has affected the world in ways one can’t even imagine. It’s not just the melting polar caps and the increase in ocean levels, the sudden rise of global temperatures has resulted in several grave issues among animal kingdom that has alarmed scientists. In a recent study by The Royal Society, researchers have found out that the world’s most …

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World's oldest wild bird - albatross, 70 - hatches and rears 40th chick
3 years, 10 months ago

World's oldest wild bird - albatross, 70 - hatches and rears 40th chick

Daily Mail  

The world's oldest-known wild bird, a 70-year-old Laysan albatross called 'Wisdom', has hatched another chick — making this at least the 40th youngster she has reared. Scroll down for video The world's oldest-known wild bird, a 70-year-old Laysan albatross called ' Wisdom ', has hatched another chick — making this at least the 40th youngster she has reared. Laysan albatross …

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World’s oldest known wild bird hatches new chick at age 70
3 years, 10 months ago

World’s oldest known wild bird hatches new chick at age 70

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world’s oldest known wild bird – a Laysan albatross named …

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The albatrosses who catch pirates on the high seas
4 years, 6 months ago

The albatrosses who catch pirates on the high seas

BBC  

The albatrosses who catch pirates on the high seas Alamy The wandering albatross can fly the equivalent of 10 trips to the Moon and back in its lifetime The wandering albatross can fly 10,000km in a month, making these tireless birds ideal agents to catch the very same fish pirates that are killing albatrosses. The albatross data unintentionally revealed the …

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