Under cover of darkness, a new ashy storm petrel parent picks up small prey brought to the ocean's surface by the California current. Feeding and fledging of chicks is synchronized with the moon ...

They start as a downy ball of fluff on a remote New Zealand island. Then they fledge across the Pacific. Only a handful have ever been found again.

The Hawaiian petrel is an endangered seabird that resides in the central subtropical Pacific Ocean and is known to breed only within the major Hawaiian Islands. This mysterious, rarely seen petrel is ...

The birds of the colony are good breeders. On average, more than 70% of petrel parents monitored by the survey successfully fledge a chick each year. But of the thousands of chicks that have been ...