HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Some ka’upu are using some much bigger wings to escape climate change. Ka’upu are black-footed Albatross. Over the last two years, Hawaiian Airlines has flown nearly 70 ...

As long-lived predators at the top of the marine food chain, albatrosses accumulate toxic contaminants such as PCBs, DDT, and mercury in their bodies. A new study has found dramatic differences in ...

Albatross species such as the black-footed albatross forage in waters offshore, and their ranges overlap with areas being considered for offshore wind energy development. Displacement from foraging ...

Midway Atoll has gone to the birds. Every year 3 million seabirds flock to 1,500 acres of land 1,200 miles northwest of Honolulu. The former naval air station is also the most remote seabird colony in ...

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The albatross is one of nature's most impressive flyers, soaring effortlessly over the ocean for days or weeks at a time, often without flapping its wings for hours. These majestic seabirds are built ...

Nancy Caruso sat on an island in the North Pacific Ocean just inches from an albatross and watched as the large black-and-white seabird with a 12-foot wingspan added grass to its nest to cover up a ...

WASHINGTON— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said this week that it intends to regulate commercial fisheries’ incidental killing ...