Most albatross mate for life, but shy males who avoid confrontation are more likely to be displaced by a more aggressive male, leading to divorce A wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), also known ...

Mice are gnawing on adult wandering albatrosses causing injuries that later lead to their deaths. The discovery in April on Marion Island, in the southern Indian Ocean, where 25% of the global ...

Samantha Patrick works for the University of Liverpool. Monogamy is widespread among birds and it is well known that many seabird species mate for life. Famous examples include charismatic penguins ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA – The wandering albatross is the poster bird for avian monogamy. The graceful glider is known to mate for life, partnering up with the same bird to breed, season after season, between ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A new study of flight performance in wandering albatrosses reveals significant differences between males and females and between adults and fledglings, and suggests that these ...

Woods Hole, Mass. (Wed. Nov 30) -- Wandering albatrosses, which are an iconic sight in the Southern Ocean, are highly adapted to long-distance soaring flight. Their wingspan of up to 11 feet is the ...

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 ...

Researchers demonstrate a clear connection between personality in wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) and the likelihood of divorce. Though the link between personality and relationship outcomes in ...

A fast spreading form of bird flu is devastating colonies where almost half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed on a remote island group halfway between South Africa and Antarctica. High ...

ALTHOUGH trace amounts of squalene occur widely as a precursor to the biosynthesis of sterols, large concentrations are rarely found in nature and there is little information on the dietary intake of ...