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 hatching of the first chick of the breeding season at the Royal Albatross Colony at Taiaroa Head yesterday was a ‘‘very special’’ moment. Otago Peninsula Trust marketing manager Sophie Barker said ...

POIPU >> When a moli, or Laysan albatross, took its first flight from the hotel grounds of The Point at Poipu Kauai on July 9, Hob Osterlund was thrilled. “She was just over five months old,” said ...

Albatross chicks are naturally flightless, and this increases their dependence on their parental units to bring back food for them to eat. In this chick’s case, its mother is the world’s oldest known ...

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The seabirds are one of the biggest in the world, with wingspans of up to three metres, and the Otago colony is the only mainland site where toroa breed.

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