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 ...

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 ...

Average weight: 26 pounds Max weight: 35 pounds If it wasn't clear from its name, the wandering albatross spends most of its life out on the open ocean. They're not the heaviest bird by any means ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kath Walker and Graeme Elliott, pictured on Antipodes Island with a male wandering albatross, have spent 32 summers and counting charting the populations of birds on subantarctic islands.

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 ...

gray-headed albatross and the wandering albatross. In total, they looked at 2,497 foraging trips made by 1,289 of the seabirds from satellite data collected between 1992 and 2023. They found that ...