A new longevity record of 42 years and seven months has been established in Japan for the short-tailed albatross, a species ...

Today, the wandering albatross holds the title of largest flying ... The pterosaur had a “very unusual short, but stiff and pointed tail,” researchers said, unique to the species.

Wisdom, who is believed to be 74-years old, has been tending to her latest addition which hatched on 30 January 2025.

The short-tailed albatross (P. diomedea) is an endangered species, having been almost wiped during the early 20th century (at that time hunters were allowed to kill birds for their feathers).

Uau kane (wedge-tailed shearwater), both red-footed and brown boobies and kaupu (black-footed albatross) are nesting here. Moli — the Laysan albatross — has been sighted along the northern ...