Most small birds are lucky to make it to ten years of age. Bigger birds, however, can live much longer. Here’s the story of the oldest known bird on planet Earth. Birds, unlike other species such as ...

Researchers have discovered that seabirds, including penguins and albatrosses, have highly-sensitive regions in their beaks that could be used to help them find food. This is the first time this ...

Seven albatrosses, blown off course by last week's storm, are among scores of sea birds being helped by two lower North Island bird hospitals. Of the seven, five were found along Wairarapa's south ...

Researchers have discovered that seabirds, including penguins and albatrosses, have highly-sensitive regions in their beaks that could be used to help them find food. This is the first time this ...

An island halfway between South Africa and Antarctica, where half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed, is under threat from a fast-spreading strain of bird flu. High pathogenicity avian ...

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, ...

An Aussie professor has spearheaded the creation of a global resource that’s shaking up birdwatching and research the world over.

Wisdom the Laysan albatross was banded with a red tag reading Z333 in 1956. She is now raising a newborn chick at the age of at least 74. Dan Rapp / USFWS via Friends of Midway Atoll Once a mother, ...

Albatrosses are exceptionally mobile and use the wind to travel hundreds of thousands of miles to feed on squid, fish, or other animals found near the water surface in the open ocean. In fact, some ...

The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest. Wisdom the Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) — band number ...

The juvenile Salvin’s albatross was discovered by a fisherman in Anconcito, Ecuador Sarah Kuta - Daily Correspondent Veterinarian Ruben Aleman surgically removed the hooks and wire, setting the bird ...

Wisdom, the 72-year-old albatross residing on an island northwest of Hawai'i, is performing mating dances for potential partners Getty The world's oldest living bird is seeking a new mate after she ...