This week I’m going to venture south, below the equator and tell you about a bird that most of us will never see. The albatross is one of the largest flying birds in the world with a wingspan that ...

A seabird tour off the coast of Sonoma and Marin counties over the weekend included the sighting of a species of albatross ...

People are familiar with animal rescues and Humane Societies that bring in dogs, cats, rabbits, and more. However, birds are not usually seen at these kinds of places, which is where Albatross Aviary ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In the Albatross Aviary, a nonprofit bird rescue, Gairen Tembruell works as somewhat of an underpaid babysitter— the Cesar Millan of abandoned birds. "Essentially, I run a ...

UC Assistant Professor Sameh Elsa and his research partners are working on a novel project – designing drones inspired by albatrosses. Known as one of the largest birds on earth, they have 11-foot ...

Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, has outlived at least three mates and the researcher who outfitted her with a tracking band in 1956. By Sara Ruberg The world’s oldest known wild bird, a 74-year-old Laysan ...

Well-known South African computer entrepreneur and philanthropist Mark Shuttleworth has donated $1m to help save the world’s ...

At the age of 74, most of us are focused on being grandparents rather than new parents. This is not the case for 74-year-old mom Wisdom, the oldest known wild bird in the world to lay an egg. The egg ...

Every page of Peter Cavanagh's "100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight," from the preface, where the author begins with “Flight is the essence of bird life. Flying has allowed birds ...