Birdwatchers on a tour near the Marin coast over the weekend were the first people in U.S. waters to spot a species of albatross that normally lives near the Galapagos Islands, according to local ...

Albatrosses are some of the largest birds in the world. While they might be smaller in height and size than birds like ...

The albatross is one of nature's most impressive flyers, soaring effortlessly over the ocean for days or weeks at a time, often without flapping its wings for hours. These majestic seabirds are built ...

A huge milestone has been reached for the toroa/albatross colony on Otago Peninsula with the hatching of the 1000th ...

As long-lived predators at the top of the marine food chain, albatrosses accumulate toxic contaminants such as PCBs, DDT, and mercury in their bodies. A new study has found dramatic differences in ...

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, ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Author and seabird expert Peter Harrison will present a lecture on albatrosses this Sunday as a part of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Future of Oceans series. “I love them, ...