Some wandering albatrosses, the largest of seabirds, have begun breeding earlier than they did 30 years ago, research indicates. While environmental change may be responsible, it's not yet clear how, ...

Samantha Patrick works for the University of Liverpool. Monogamy is widespread among birds and it is well known that many seabird species mate for life. Famous examples include charismatic penguins ...

Most albatross mate for life, but shy males who avoid confrontation are more likely to be displaced by a more aggressive male, leading to divorce A wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), also known ...

The wandering albatross follows its beak to dinner, scientists say. The first study of how individual wandering albatrosses find food shows that the birds rely heavily on their sense of smell. The ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A new study of flight performance in wandering albatrosses reveals significant differences between males and females and between adults and fledglings, and suggests that these ...

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 ...

Woods Hole, Mass. (Wed. Nov 30) -- 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 ...

Wandering albatrosses find food by heavily relying on their sense of smell. The first study of how individual wandering albatrosses find food shows that the birds rely heavily on their sense of smell.

Wandering albatrosses have altered their foraging due to changes in wind fields in the southern hemisphere during the last decades. Since winds have increased in intensity and moved to the south, the ...

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 ...

As Katie Holmes has just demonstrated, sometimes a marriage can hit rocky patches. The question is, what do you do then? Marge Simpson has expounded (and demonstrated) one approach to the ...