Laysan Albatrosses are masterful soarers, able to fly great distances and through the fiercest storms while barely even flapping their wings. To a large extent, ...

The Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) is a large seabird that ranges across the North Pacific. The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to 99.7% ...

Wisdom, a Laysan albatross commonly called mōlī in Hawaiian, is the world's oldest known banded bird in the wild and breeds exclusively on Midway Atoll ...

Laysan Albatrosses are white-headed birds with dark gray-brown upperwings and mostly white underwings (with variable dark markings). The underparts are clean ...

Huge, long-winged seabird. Back and upper wings dark, body mostly white. Has dark marks on center of white underwing and U-shaped white pattern across rump.

A large seabird with very long, narrow wings; much larger than shearwaters and petrels. Unmistakable with white body, dingy pinkish bill, and dark markings ...

The Laysan Albatross can glide over the open ocean for hours at a time without a single flap of its wings, sailing hundreds of miles a day.

With a wingspan of six feet (2 m), the Laysan albatross is one of the smaller species and is adept at diving for squid, fish and crustaceans.

Lifespan Laysan albatrosses can live more than 50 years—the most famous is Wisdom, a 66 year old female that is still laying eggs on Midway!

The mōlī or Laysan albatross is a large, abundant seabird (Family: Diomedeidae) whose breeding range is centered in Hawai'i. Adults are mostly white except for ...