The albatross that researchers believe to be the oldest bird in the wild has laid an egg at the impressive age of 74, wildlife officials announced.
A Laysan albatross named Wisdom, the “world’s oldest known wild bird,” was observed returning last week to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge on Midway Island, located to the northwest of the Hawaiian islands, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) Columbia Pacific Northwest said:
SHE DID IT AGAIN! Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another…
Posted by USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest on Tuesday, December 3, 2024
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Upon arrival, researchers said that Wisdom “immediately began interacting with a male.”
“Like other Laysan albatross, or mōlī
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