A fast spreading form of bird flu is devastating colonies where almost half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed on a ...

Author and seabird expert Peter Harrison will present a lecture on albatrosses this Sunday as a part of the Port Townsend ...

Extraordinary NZers Kath Walker and Graeme Elliott and their conservation work.

The latest results from samples taken from the islands reveal that the disease has now been detected in the wandering albatross (as at 9 February 2024). Avian Influenza was first detected in the ...

The deadly H5N1 strain is spreading rapidly in the Antarctic, potentially threatening the world’s largest breeding population ...

Here, the incredible Antipodean wandering albatross which have been foraging over the South Pacific Ocean all winter, return to their home island - where they face arguably their greatest ...

Over half of wandering albatrosses breeding on Bird Island, South Georgia, in the sub-Antarctic, encounter fishing vessels when feeding, putting them at risk of being accidentally caught or killed ...

1. The wandering albatross is a feathered giant having the longest wingspan of any bird, at up to 3.5m (11ft)! 2. Albatrosses can travel at speeds of up to 140km/h. 3. They are so efficient in ...

The deaths of adult seabirds are of great concern as most species only start to breed at 3 to 10 years of age, and most ...

In March, polymerase chain reaction testing confirmed infection in six bird species: the wandering albatross, king penguin, brown skua, southern giant petrel, northern giant petrel and the sooty ...

Of the 1,900 wandering albatross chicks born on the island in 2024, some 150 have died and adult brown skuas, king penguins, giant petrels and sooty albatrosses have also been affected, according ...

CAPE TOWN – 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 ...