Did you hear the news? The Northern Royal Albatross chick from the Top Flat nest site started hatching on January 20! At the first signs of hatching, a ranger from the New Zealand Department of Conservation removed the egg from the nest and replaced it with a dummy egg to keep the adult motivated to incubate. The egg was transported to the safety of an incubator for the duration of its multi-day hatching process to remove all risk of "fly strike" (an infestation of fly larvae, which is often fat

Hatching has begun at the world’s largest albatross colony! According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Servicer, hundreds of thousands of Laysan (mōlī) and black-footed (ka’upu) albatross chicks "are currently being tended to by one parent while the other forages for squid and other ocean surface snacks to bring back" on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. "In the recently completed annual survey, nearly 618,000 active nests were counted on the refuge’s 2.4 square miles of land, with the vast majo

Did you know an albatross can soar for several hundred kilometres without flapping its wings? This legendary bird has inspired the #AlbatrossOne – our remote-controlled aircraft demonstrator that is the first aircraft to trial in-flight, freely flapping wing-tips, which could help reduce drag and fuel burn. fly.airbus.com/IntroducingAlbatrossOne | Airbus

Albatrosses — particularly the majestic wandering albatross — are among nature’s most extraordinary fliers, capable of gliding thousands of kilometers across the open ocean without flapping their wings for hours. Their secret lies in a technique called dynamic soaring, which allows them to harness shifting wind currents just above the ocean’s surface. By skillfully looping through layers of air moving at different speeds, they gain lift with minimal energy use — a remarkable adaptation for life