Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

Rescued: an albatross far from home

like this young Black-browed from getting killed when interacting with our fisheries. To me, albatrosses embody freedom, wisdom and untamed wildness. They rule the skies over the open oceans and remote islands, and I feel privileged to be part of...
THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. An appreciation: Kitty Harvill and Artists & Biologists Unite for Nature

Making a connection. ABUN Co-founder Kitty Harvill, who illustrated Wisdom the Midway Albatross Back in 2012, I had reviewed for ACAP Latest News (by a then nine-year-old) a new book for children about Wisdom, the now 70-something Laysan Albatross...
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known Laysan Albatross, still has it – engaging in mutual displays into her 70s

Wisdom (right) displays with another Laysan Albatross, 18 March 2024 Wisdom, a Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge’s Sand Island, is the world’s oldest known wild bird. Now into her 70s, she was sighted...
George and Geraldine, the lone Short-tailed Albatross pair on Midway Atoll, have a new chick

Short-tailed Albatross has been recorded this season near the forest’s edge on the north-east side of Midway’s Sand Island. Wisdom (Red Z333, left) with an unbanded male on Midway Atoll, 25 December 2023, photograph by Nick Minnich Meanwhile Wisdom, the...
She's back! Wisdom, the seventy-something Laysan Albatross, dances in another season on Midway Atoll

Getting him up on his toes. Wisdom (left, with her colour band on show) engages in a mutual display with a metal-banded bird, photograph by Jon Plissner, USFWS, 03 December 2023 Wisdom, a female Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis, who is the...
A Storybook Trail is opened to mark World Albatross Day 2023 with a sculpture of Wisdom, the Laysan Albatross

The first stop on the Wisdom Storybook Trail, Bel-Aire Park, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA The Clarksville Arts & Heritage Council, in partnership with Clarksville Parks & Recreation, unveiled their Storybook Trail at Bel-Aire Park in Clarksville,...
The ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. A reflection on growing old with albatrosses

be behind him, as successful breeding is difficult in older males and his last breeding partner has not seen since 2014.” Wisdom (red Z333) the Laysan Albatross returns to Midway Atoll on 24 November 2022, one of her most recent photographs by Keegan...
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known Laysan Albatross, is a grandmother once again

Wisdom’s son, red N333, broods its second hatchling in February 2023, photograph by Catie Mahon, USFWS While searching on Sand Island, Midway Atoll for the highly invasive Golden Crownbeard Verbesina encelioides U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
Wisdom the 71-year-old Laysan Albatross returns to Midway, but is unlikely to breed this season

Wisdom, easily identified by her red colour band Z333, Midway Atoll, 24 November 2022. Photograph by Keegan Rankin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wisdom, a female Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis, the world’s oldest known wild bird, was...
Albatross artist Kitty Harvill to receive the prestigious Simon Combes Conservation Artist Award for 2022

Kitty Harvill holds the book she illustrated on Wisdom, the world’s oldest known albatross Kitty Harvill, Co-founder of Artist and Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) and valued ACAP supporter, is to be recognized for her contribution to art and...

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Rescued: an albatross far from home

THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. An appreciation: Kitty Harvill and Artists & Biologists Unite for Nature

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known Laysan Albatross, still has it – engaging in mutual displays into her 70s

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

She's back! Wisdom, the seventy-something Laysan Albatross, dances in another season on Midway Atoll

A Storybook Trail is opened to mark World Albatross Day 2023 with a sculpture of Wisdom, the Laysan Albatross

The ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. A reflection on growing old with albatrosses

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known Laysan Albatross, is a grandmother once again

Wisdom the 71-year-old Laysan Albatross returns to Midway, but is unlikely to breed this season

Albatross artist Kitty Harvill to receive the prestigious Simon Combes Conservation Artist Award for 2022

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