The wandering albatross carries the longest wingspan of any living bird, stretching up to roughly 12 feet from tip to tip. Those immense wings let the seabird glide across the vast Southern Ocean for ...

Above the wind-battered waters of the Southern Ocean, a bird with the largest wingspan on Earth can stay airborne for hours ...

Wandering albatrosses, which are an iconic sight in the Southern Ocean, are highly adapted to long-distance soaring flight. Their wingspan of up to 11 feet is the largest known of any living bird, and ...

According to a new finding in October’s Proceedings of the National Association of Sciences USA, this seabird navigates using sounds below our thresholds for hearing. For Science, Quickly, I’m Joseph ...

The first study of how individual wandering albatrosses find food shows that the birds rely heavily on their sense of smell. The birds can pick up a scent from several miles away, researchers have ...

An international team of scientists has overturned an ecological study on how some animals search for food. Previously it was believed that wandering albatrosses and other species forage using a Levy ...

The wandering albatross is the poster bird for avian monogamy. The graceful glider is known to mate for life, partnering up with the same bird to breed, season after season, between long flights at ...

Wandering albatross pair performing a courtship dance. Samantha Patrick, Author provided Monogamy is widespread among birds and it is well known that many seabird species mate for life. Famous ...

Washington, D.C., January 12, 2012 — The ancient English idiom “It’s an ill wind that blows no good” takes on specificity following an article in tomorrow’s Science magazine. The article argues that ...

Weather changes not just from season to season, but also from year to year. Where I live in Minnesota, we had only a few days of frost before the year’s end, and January, normally the coldest month of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Seabirds, aerial ocean predators, are known to amass harmful contaminants over their lifespan. Scientists believe this exposure to pollutants, such ...