Wisdom The Albatross, The World's Oldest Known Wild Bird, Has Another Chick At Age 70

Referred to as the “oldest known wild bird in history”, Wisdom has outlived previous mating partners as well as the biologist Chandler Robbins, who first banded her in 1956. Wisdom hatched her chick on the 1st of February in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the North Pacific, where over a million Albatross return to nest each year.

"Because she only nests every two years, the international bird community looks forward to seeing if she's been able to come back and nest, "The odds are stacked against them so much, whenever it happens it's always a cause for celebration." In addition to this species being slow breeders, longline fishing and other fishing industries have taken a big toll on sea birds such as the Albatross.