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Posted: February 22, 2018

At 67, Wisdom is a mother once again!


Wisdom and Chick standing together, 2018.
Wisdom and Chick standing together, 2018. Credit: B. Peyton/USFWS

The world’s oldest known breeding bird in the wild, a Laysan albatross called Wisdom, is a mother once more. On February 6, approximately two months after she began incubating her egg, Wisdom and her mate Akeakamai welcomed their newest chick to Midway Atoll within Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

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