Gliding for hours over the Southern Ocean without a single flap, the wandering albatross owns a superlative that no other living bird can match. Its outstretched wings can span roughly three and a ...

Motherly birds often sit atop their own eggs to keep them at an ideal temperature for incubation, but a short-tailed albatross spotted in Honolulu, Hawaii at the end of last year had alternative plans ...

Albatross are among the world's largest flying birds, with wingspans that can stretch beyond a remarkable three meters. These majestic animals harness ocean winds to travel thousands of kilometers in ...

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Wisdom, the albatross supermom, has done it again. At 67, the world's oldest known wild bird has laid an egg at her home on the Midway Atoll. Wisdom and her mate, Akeakamai, return each year to the ...

Few animals appear more affectionate than the black-browed albatross. These large seabirds, whose dark eyebrows shadow their eyes like mascara, are socially monogamous and often mate for life. Their ...

ARLINGTON, Wash. -- Staff at Sarvey Wildlife Care Center in Arlington are rehabilitating a bird rarely seen in Washington: the albatross. It was found on a freight boat in Hawaii, emaciated and near ...