The oldest known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ripe age of about 74, her first in four years, U.S. wildlife officials said. The long-winged seabird named Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, ...

While winter is raging in an unusually large swath of the United States, the weather is balmy for the birds nesting on the ...

COURTESY DAN RAPP /USFWS Wisdom, the approximately 74-year-old Laysan albatross, stands at the center over her recently laid egg with other seabirds around the ground nest at Midway Atoll National ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Wisdom the Laysan albatross is a special bird. At age 74, she’s the ...

Wisdom is thriving in America — Wisdom the albatross, that is. The Laysan albatross is now at least 74 years old, and she recently laid an egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the ...

A Laysan albatross with chick. She added that the “grotesque killing” could have been prevented and that state and federal agencies should take enforcement action and send a clear message that cruelty ...

Wisdom the Laysan albatross was banded with a red tag reading Z333 in 1956. She is now raising a newborn chick at the age of at least 74. Dan Rapp / USFWS via Friends of Midway Atoll Once a mother, ...

The Laysan albatross is a gull-like albatross that makes its home in the North Pacific, particularly the Hawaiian islands. Despite having a six-foot wingspan, its actually on the smaller side for an ...

The world's oldest known wild bird has defied age once again by laying an egg—even though she is thought to be around 74 years old, wildlife officials announced this week. Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, ...

The oldest known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ripe age of about 74, her first in four years, U.S. wildlife officials said. The long-winged seabird named Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, ...