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Holly Parson’s “Nestled in a Cliffside Colony” completes ACAP’s art poster series for World Albatross Day 2025
“Nestled in a Cliffside Colony” by pointillist artist Holly Parsons As part of its activities to mark World Albatross Day (WAD2025) and its theme of “Effects of Disease” on 19 June this year, ACAP once more collaborated with the international...
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WADWEEK #7. It’s World Albatross Day!
The 2024/25 Overwintering Team (G70) on Gough Island with their World Albatross Day banner. Michelle Risi (front, left) holds a wooden model of an Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross made by Kabelo Moabi (G64) Today, the 19th of June, is World Albatross...
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'WADWEEK’ #6. ACAP releases three more art posters for Albatross Day on 19 June
For the sixth year running, ACAP has collaborated with the international collective Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) to produce artworks depicting ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels. This year the featured species are the Endangered...
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‘WADWEEK' #5. ACAP releases three art posters for World Albatross Day on 19 June
For the sixth year running, ACAP has collaborated with the international collective Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) to produce artworks depicting ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels. This year the featured species are the Endangered...
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'WADWEEK' No. 4. ACAP makes a Global Call to Protect the Ocean’s Sentinels to mark World Albatross Day
Highly threatened by bird flu and industrial fisheries, albatrosses need protection worldwide On 19 June 2025, conservationists and wildlife advocates worldwide will celebrate World Albatross Day (WAD2025) with its theme “Effects of Disease”, as an...
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‘WADWEEK’ No. 3. BirdLife Australia will hold a World Albatross Day webinar on 19 June
BirdLife Australia will hold a “Birds Meet: World Albatross Day” webinar on 19 June over 19h00-20h00 AEST. “Come celebrate World Albatross Day with Dr. Yuna Kim, BirdLife Australia Seabird Coordinator. Albatrosses are among the most remarkable seabirds...
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'WADWEEK' No. 2. ACAP releases a Species Infographic for the Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross to mark World Albatross Day on 19 June
The latest ACAP Species Infographic, the 20th to be produced in the 31-species series, is for the Endangered Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri. It has been chosen as one of two “feature species”, along with the Endangered Amsterdam...
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'WADWEEK' No. 1. Charting the spread of high-pathogenicity avian influenza from South America to Antarctica
Locations of reported mortalities associated with high-pathogenicity avian influenza virus of the subtype H5 in wild birds and wild mammals in Central America, South America, and neighbouring island groups (from the publication) World Albatross Day...