The albatross is one of nature's most impressive flyers, soaring effortlessly over the ocean for days or weeks at a time, often without flapping its wings for hours. These majestic seabirds are built ...

Albatrosses are some of the largest birds in the world. While they might be smaller in height and size than birds like ...

As long-lived predators at the top of the marine food chain, albatrosses accumulate toxic contaminants such as PCBs, DDT, and mercury in their bodies. A new study has found dramatic differences in ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Author and seabird expert Peter Harrison will present a lecture on albatrosses this Sunday as a part of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Future of Oceans series. “I love them, ...

In literature, albatrosses represent weighty, inescapable burdens. But in real life, the huge seabirds use wind energy to cruise around the... Up Close and Personal with the Albatross What we know ...

"There are only 22 species of albatrosses globally, 15 of those are threatened by fishing activity. Albatrosses roam the seas and live exclusively on squid, fish and things that they catch in the ...