Wisdom, the legendary Laysan albatross, stands at center over her recently laid egg with other seabirds around the ground nest on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge The world's oldest known wild ...

At the age of 74, most of us are focused on being grandparents rather than new parents. This is not the case for 74-year-old mom Wisdom, the oldest known wild bird in the world to lay an egg. The egg ...

The world’s oldest bird has had a chick - at 74 years old. Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, or mÅ lÄ« in Hawaiian, has been spotted caring for her youngster on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge this ...

The world’s oldest known wild bird, a Laysan albatross named Wisdom, has once again returned to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge at approximately 75 years old to nest for the 2025-26 breeding ...

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The oldest known bird in the world laid an egg, becoming a mother again at approximately 74, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, laid the egg at the Midway ...

Wisdom the Laysan albatross was banded with a red tag reading Z333 in 1956. She is now raising a newborn chick at the age of at least 74. Dan Rapp / USFWS via Friends of Midway Atoll Once a mother, ...

Environmentalists are celebrating after the world’s oldest bird has been spotted alive and well. Wisdom, a 75-year-old Laysan albatross, has returned for nesting season to the Midway Atoll National ...

A 75-year-old bird has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the 2025/2026 nesting season. She is the oldest known wild bird ever recorded and remains an active breeder. The Laysan ...

A biologist at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge noted that Wisdom the bird still 'seems to still have the energy and instincts for raising another chick' Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at ...

The world's oldest known wild bird may soon be a mom again! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday, Dec. 3, that Wisdom, a 74-year-old Laysan ...