Only a single unsuccessful breeding pair returned to the Northwest Hawaiian Islands in 2022. New threats to the short-tailed albatross that did not exist when this species was included in Appendix I ...
The newest resident at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is an endangered, short-tailed albatross chick that officials believe was born on New Year’s Day. The parents are a pair of albatross that ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The new year brought a new addition to a couple of birds in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and Battle of Midway National Memorial within Papahanaumokuākea Marine National ...
The short-tailed albatross, an unlikely visitor, made an unexpected migration to the central coast region this fall. Traveling all the way across the Pacific from remote offshore islands in Japan, ...
A rare albatross that breeds on islands off Japan and hasn’t been documented near local waters for more than 40 years was spotted just a few miles from shore over the weekend, thrilling bird ...
was hunted to near-extinction before protective measures were put in place. Now scientists are working to protect the seabird from another danger: interactions with commercial fisheries. Their ...