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.

He also said that climate change was affecting Wisdom's species. "The changes in water temperate and the changes in currents in water and winds means … the extent they have to fly to find food increases as their prey species seek out colder water – it's a big looming threat that sea birds are facing, albatross in particular," Sean Dooley continued. In terms of Wisdom's age, Dooley said that "for a lot of wild animals, they are productive right up to old age. It's only primates and whales that have an extended lifespan after fertility. "To humans, it seems remarkable but we're still determining whether this is par for the course for these magnificent birds."