Albatross looking for a free meal on the high seas often pay the price of being killed or injured going after baited hooks. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

A novel analysis of encounters between albatross and commercial fishing vessels across the North Pacific Ocean is giving researchers important new understanding about seabird-vessel interactions that ...

Threatened and endangered albatrosses in the South Atlantic are getting a break as British Antarctic Survey (BAS) seabird ecologist Richard Phillips has received funding to put newly developed ...

Wandering albatrosses have long been considered exceptional creatures. They can fly 8.5 million kilometres during their lifetimes – the equivalent of flying to the Moon and back more than ten times.

The CSIRO in Hobart is involved in a study to determine the relationship between fishing activity in the Atlantic and declining albatross populations. It is being funded by the International ...

parts of the world, and it has been pointed out that one-fifth of the fish on the market may have been caught by illegal fishing. Vessels fishing without permission underestimate the amount of fish ...

The juvenile Salvin’s albatross was discovered by a fisherman in Anconcito, Ecuador Sarah Kuta | Daily Correspondent Veterinarian Ruben Aleman surgically removed the hooks and wire, setting the bird ...

Satellite data suggests protection measures are being ignored as huge fishing lines snare endangered seabirds Industrial fishing vessels that accidentally kill tens of thousands of albatrosses each ...

New research shows longline fishing pushing six albatross species further towards the brink of extinction Cape Town, South Africa – New research revealed today shows that longline fishing is the prime ...

Measures have been in place for some years to help stem albatross by-catch from the long-line fishing industry. Shared Planet looks at the success of their conservation. Show more Albatrosses are ...