Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

No luck for Midway Atoll’s Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine this season

George (on left) and Geraldine, photograph by USFWS Volunteer Joe Owen Midway Atoll’s well-known Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus George and Geraldine did not hatch their egg this breeding season, according to a report from the Facebook...
Five Short-tailed Albatrosses on Midway Atoll: start of a colony?

“Forest Bird”, a sub-adult Short-tailed Albatross on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, photograph by Nikki Prescott The solitary pair of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus that breeds on the Midway Atoll’s Sand Island in the North...
UPDATED: George and Geraldine are back - and have an egg!

Geraldine on Sand Island, Midway Atoll in October 2024, photograph by Chris Forster UPDATE: George and Geraldine are now reported as sharing incubation stints on an egg so their seventh breeding season is properly underway. News from the Facebook page...
Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine have fledged their fifth chick on Midway Atoll

A Short-tailed Albatross chick on Midway Atoll, photograph by Narongkorn Thatsanangkun George and Geraldine, the well-known pair of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus on Midway Atoll’s Sand Island fledged their latest chick around...
Keeping it in the family. George and Geraldine’s latest chick gets its bands while older sibling Short-tailed Albatrosses dance together on Midway Atoll

Pointillist portrait of Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine by ABUN artist Holly Parsons for ACAP’s World Albatross Day on 19 June, after a photograph by Jonathon Plissner. Geraldine is the darker bird in front on the nest. Acrylic on...
Flávia Barreto supports the conservation of the Short-tailed Albatross with her art for World Albatross Day 2024

A Short-tailed Albatross flies past Japan’s Torishima, its main breeding site. Artwork by Flávia Barreto For five years the Albatross and Petrel Agreement has collaborated with Artists & Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) to produce art in support of...
The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is proposed to also become a national marine sanctuary

Proposed Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary Agency, from NOAA The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument was proclaimed in June 2006 as the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. It was renamed as the Papahānaumokuākea...
World Albatross Day collaboration with Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature extended

Short-tailed Albatrosses "George and Geraldine enclosed in an ethereal protective boundary" by Agnieszka Elliott from a photo by Jonathan Plissner Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) have extended the date for artwork submissions to Project...
Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature's Project #47 kicks off in support of this year's World Albatross Day

Top: The banner created by Marion Schön for ABUN Project #47 “Marine Protected Areas” Bottom: Artworks (L-R): George and Geraldine, Short-tailed Albatrosses by Flávia F. Barreto from a photo by J Plissner; Short-tailed Albatross chick by Marion Schön...
George and Geraldine, the lone Short-tailed Albatross pair on Midway Atoll, have a new chick

Short-tailed Albatrosses George (left) and Geraldine brood their latest chick on Midway Atoll, 26 December 2023, photograph by Nick Minnich The lone Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus pair well known as George and Geraldine on the USA’s Midway...

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No luck for Midway Atoll’s Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine this season

Five Short-tailed Albatrosses on Midway Atoll: start of a colony?

UPDATED: George and Geraldine are back - and have an egg!

Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine have fledged their fifth chick on Midway Atoll

Keeping it in the family. George and Geraldine’s latest chick gets its bands while older sibling Short-tailed Albatrosses dance together on Midway Atoll

Flávia Barreto supports the conservation of the Short-tailed Albatross with her art for World Albatross Day 2024

The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is proposed to also become a national marine sanctuary

World Albatross Day collaboration with Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature extended

Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature's Project #47 kicks off in support of this year's World Albatross Day

George and Geraldine, the lone Short-tailed Albatross pair on Midway Atoll, have a new chick

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels