Birdwatchers aboard a seabird tour off the coast of Sonoma and Marin counties over the weekend are the first people in U.S. waters to spot a species of albatross that normally lives near the Galapagos ...

Birdwatchers on a tour near the Marin coast over the weekend were the first people in U.S. waters to spot a species of albatross that normally lives near the Galapagos Islands, according to local ...

Last month, Tammy Russell—judging by her reaction—had the most exciting experience of her life. “I collapsed with relief, joy, and tears,” the Scripps Institution of Oceanography marine ecologist ...

A critically endangered albatross has stunned researchers by turning up thousands of kilometres from its usual range, after flying roughly 4,800 km from its home waters. The yellow-billed seabird, ...

The unexpected sighting of a waved albatross, which was thousands of miles from its typical range, earned it a label ornithologists reserve for the unexpected: an avian “vagrant.” By Mark Walker The ...

SAN DIEGO — You don’t expect to see this kind of visitor off the California coast. Researchers aboard a NOAA research vessel were stunned to spot a waved albatross, a rare seabird normally found ...