Sentences with phrase «albatross species»

From 1998 to 2002 I lived on Midway Atoll, working on projects related to the three albatross species that nest there, tagging green sea turtles, and assisting with habitat restoration efforts.

Most albatross species breed in the Southern Ocean.

While there may be short - lived benefits for some albatross species, these are likely to be outweighed in the long run, lead author Prof Lesley Thorne tells Carbon Brief.

This afternoon you should see wandering albatross species, Northern Royal albatross, white capped albatross, Salvin's albatross, Northern giant petrel, cape petrel, Antarctic Fulmar, mottled petrel, soft plumaged petrel, broad billed prion, Fulmar prion, White chinned petrel, sooty shearwater, little shearwater, grey backed, black bellied petrel and Wilson's storm petrel.

Not exact matches

The black - footed albatross is among the many marine species researchers have been able to track using satellite tags.

Costa's lab has carried out groundbreaking tracking studies of a wide range of species around the world, including albatrosses, sooty shearwaters, California sea lions, Galapagos sea lions, crabeater seals, Weddell seals, and southern elephant seals.

The distribution of wildlife on Earth is changing with the climate, making conditions more favorable to odd species such as trumpeter swans, beetles, marmots, albatross, killer whales and white - tailed deer

This is bad news for a bird that appears on the World Conservation Union's threatened species list, because albatrosses that tangle with a fishing boat's lines are invariably drowned.

«In other words «Fathers Matter» where the wandering albatross is concerned and this may be of importance also for the conservation of this species.»

It is an excellent example of the value of long - term demographic studies for long - lived species such as albatrosses,» according to Oregon State University's Robert Suryan, a seabird ecologist who was not involved in the study.

Understanding population dynamics is crucial for the conservation of long - lived species like albatrosses, but collecting data on albatrosses before they reach adulthood and begin to breed is challenging.

«As more albatrosses relocate to higher islands like Oahu in response to sea level rise, where mosquitoes are more prevalent, this disease, and perhaps others, will become a more important threat to the species, so we need to understand more about it and how to prevent its transmission.»

Like modern - day albatrosses, the newly described species would have been a soaring champ.

The Center for Biological Diversity and allies petitioned to list this albatross as an endangered species in 2004.

Listing Proposal: California golden trout, Lake Sammamish kokanee salmon, black - footed albatross, cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, western gull - billed tern, dusky tree vole, Alabama pearlshell, Choctaw bean, coquí llanero, fuzzy pigtoe, Mohave ground squirrel, Mojave fringe - toed lizard, narrow pigtoe, Oklahoma grass pink, Ozark chinquapin, round ebonyshell, San Bernardino springsnail, southern kidneyshell, southern sandshell, tapered pigtoe, Tehachapi slender salamander, Three Forks springsnail, 23 species from Oahu.

Her seventh graders at the Mare Island Technology Academy, in Vallejo, California, choose a seafaring species — such as the harbor seal, black - footed albatross, or leatherback turtle — and draw a picture of it, using pencil or ink.

Our study included thirty - three Australian islands, home to 17 species of globally threatened birds, mammals and amphibians including the woylie (or brush - tailed bettong), Tasmania devils, black - browed albatross and Cooloola sedgefrog.

Look for the huge wings of the albatross and other local species like red - footed boobies.

Tally for the day could be in excess of 20 new pelagic sightings for some and for most the trip will include a sought after «special» of rarity worth, that could be a Wandering Albatross or even a new species for the South African bird list.

The narrow - gauge railway snakes along an eight - kilometre route through Tierra del Fuego National Park, a 63,130 - hectare coastal wildlife area set aside in 1960 to preserve rare species of plants and birds, including the Andean condor and the black - browed albatross.

[5] The type species of the fish genus Bajacalifornia, Bajacalifornia burragei, was discovered during the USS Albatross deep sea expedition off the coast of Todos Santos Bay in 1911.

As the southernmost island in the archipelago, Española's relative isolation has resulted in not only an abundance of unusual wildlife, but species and subspecies that are endemic to the island, such as Española (Hood) mockingbird, Española (Hood) racer snake, Española (Hood) lava lizard, waved albatross and brightly colored marine iguanas.

In addition to the sperm whale a number of different species of may also be seen including dolphins, seals and a wide variety of sea birds including the Royal Albatross.

There are up to 12 species of albatross plus penguins, gannets, skuas, shearwaters, petrels and terns using the waters off Kaikoura as their feeding ground.

By clarifying the movements and habits of a host of species, from black - footed albatrosses to great white sharks, the tagging study could help scientists and governments focus attention on particular regions to give species the best chance of persisting even as human pressures crest.

It features the largest seabird gathering site in the world, with more than 14 million birds from 22 species, nearly all of the remaining endangered Hawaiian monk seals, Hawaiian green sea turtles and Laysan albatrosses.

However, the atoll faces tough battles every day: invasive plant species that damage the habitat of albatross and burrowing petrels often killing them; deadly plastic pollution, much of which ends up in the stomachs of chicks; climate change that causes ever larger and more lethal storms.

Learn how biologists managed to bring back the endangered Short - Tail Albatross to nest on the atoll; meet Wisdom, a Laysan albatross who has been nesting on Midway for nearly 60 years; find out the strategies being used to eradicate invasive plant and animal species; discover the beauty of endangered Monk seals, sea turtles, spinner dolphins, corals and so mAlbatross to nest on the atoll; meet Wisdom, a Laysan albatross who has been nesting on Midway for nearly 60 years; find out the strategies being used to eradicate invasive plant and animal species; discover the beauty of endangered Monk seals, sea turtles, spinner dolphins, corals and so malbatross who has been nesting on Midway for nearly 60 years; find out the strategies being used to eradicate invasive plant and animal species; discover the beauty of endangered Monk seals, sea turtles, spinner dolphins, corals and so much more.

This is an incredible loss, especially since the Laysan albatross is a threatened species and about 70 % of the world's population nests on Midway Atoll.

The Southern Ocean is home to several species that are near extinction, including the albatross, a large sea bird that in ancient folklore was believed to carry the souls of dead sailors.

Considering that albatrosses can live 50 + years, and take over 5 years to reach breeding age, this is an unsustainable loss of a truly impressive species.

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Seabirds — species like Laysan Albatross and Pink - footed Shearwater — are «off the radar» for most people.

These «unwanted» species, called bycatch, often include turtles, albatross, sharks, manta rays, and even dolphins, many of which are endangered.

Our group of a dozen ecotourists was making its way back from visiting the Short - Tailed Albatross chick, only the second of this critically endangered species to have hatched on Midway in modern times.

Those successes include the monumental task of eradicating invasive species, establishing a «backup» population of Laysan Teal, a critically endangered species of duck, bringing the threatened Short - Tailed Albatross back to the island through years of playing sound recordings and setting up decoys and conducting scientific research from monitoring carbon dioxide levels in a a world - wide study to analyzing marine debris washed up on the beaches to understand marine pollution.

Despite its location, or perhaps because of it, It is a vital place for many threatened and endangered species including Laysan Albatross, Black - Footed Albatross, Green sea turtles, Hawaiian Monk Seals and many other species.

Midway's Wildlife Biologist Pete Leary assures me that he has not seen a Black - Footed and Laysan grooming one another, as two albatross do when they are mated with a member of their own species.

As rare as hybrids are, it is even rarer, albeit possible, for them to mate with another albatross no matter the species.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species classes the Laysan albatross as globally Vulnerable to extinction.

Right now, the Short - tailed Albatross nest on only four islands (up from the single island where 10 pairs were discovered breeding after the species was thought to be extinct).

Midway is the most important breeding area for Laysan albatross, a species vulnerable to extinction as pollution and fishing pressures increase.

While the feather trade is the main culprit behind the dramatic loss of the Short - tailed Albatross, longline fishing isn't without its harmful effects and it could be slowing the recovery of the species.

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Longline fishing is known to be a significant threat to seabird species, including albatross.

Midway is home base for many seabird species, from the Bonin petrels pictured above, to Great frigatebirds, Red - footed boobies, Black - footed albatross and more.

We're all familiar with the use of animal species names (general and specific) as labels for a sets of human charateristics, for descriptions of types of people, some good, some bad; for example; lion, tiger, weasel, rabbit, rat, dinosaur, pigeon, shark, albatross, crow, snake, (teddy) bear, sloth, insect, rodent, bug, cat etc..