Tag: Falklands' black browed albatrosses

• Friday, June 21st 2024 - 09:06 UTC

  Safeguarding Oceans - theme for Albatross Day

  

  By Veronica Iriarte - On Wednesday we celebraed our fifth World Albatross Day! The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) announced “Marine Protected Areas – Safeguarding our Oceans” as the theme for this year’s World Albatross Day.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Falklands black browed albatross: from prey feeding to fishery discards

  

  Falklands' located South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, SAERI, PhD researcher Amanda Kuepfer and her collaborators have published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science on discard use by black-browed albatross chicks, and how this relates to natural foraging conditions and breeding success.

• Thursday, October 19th 2017 - 20:30 UTC

  Jellyfish, major source of food of Falklands' black browed albatrosses, says scientific research

  

  The humble jellyfish has been found to be a major source of food for albatrosses which inhabit the Southern Ocean, new research has discovered.