Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Laysan albatross carefully preens its newborn chick’s feathers. As thousands of birds nest in the warm sun of Midway Atoll, some ...

The oldest known banded wild bird is now the mother to yet another chick — in her 70s. Wisdom, a Laysan albatross sometimes called the “the queen of seabirds,” has a new chick, Friends of Midway Atoll ...

Reaching a 17-pound fledgling weight is a survival requirement for every young Albatross. A 1-foot nest height creates a life-threatening spatial constraint for developing chicks. Parental recognition ...

This YouTube clip, released in 2019 as part of a BBC documentary narrated by Sir David Attenborough, is so heartbreaking that it reduced many viewers to tears. Many people expressed their distress on ...

A wild bird that “miraculously” survived a tsunami in the Pacific that’s estimated to have wiped out thousands of other chicks is now tending to a chick of his own, a volunteer group said. The Laysan ...

Wild birds are shown at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Photo from Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge's Facebook post A wild bird that “miraculously” survived a tsunami in the ...