A captive albatross tormented by jeering sailors is also a metaphor for the social travails of the sensitive poète maudit in Charles Baudelaire 's poem L'albatros:

Nov 21, 2025 · Albatross, (family Diomedeidae), any of more than a dozen species of large seabirds that collectively make up the family Diomedeidae (order Procellariiformes). Because …

Dec 20, 2024 · The albatross is one of nature's most impressive flyers, soaring effortlessly over the ocean for days or weeks at a time, often without flapping its wings for hours. These …

Reveal the world of Albatrosses, the magnificent sea birds, and explore the habitats, behaviors, and diets of the Wandering Albatross to the Sooty Albatross. Learn more about these awe …

May 31, 2024 · Albatrosses can soar at high speeds for up to eight hours without even moving their wings. Learn more about these amazing birds and how to help them.

Jul 9, 2025 · Graceful, powerful, and built for life above the waves, this seabird is a master of the skies. Learn more about this impressive and enigmatic seabird. What are albatrosses? …

Find out more about the bird with the world’s largest wingspan. Learn about the life of this famous seafarer.

The Wandering Albatross (Vulnerable) has the largest known wingspan of any bird – a whopping 3.5 metres! Of the 22 known species of Albatross, all but one of them has been listed as at …

There are few things as wondrous as watching an albatross glide and wheel over the open ocean with barely a wingbeat. Feathered mostly in brown, with a milky wash over the face, the Black …

"La danse de l'albatros, Phoebetria fusca." Behaviour 78: 43-80. Lequette, B., C. Verheyden, and P. Jowentin. 1989. Olfaction in Subantarctic seabirds: Its phylogenetic and ecological …