The majority of the world’s albatrosses and large petrels breed on islands in the Southern Ocean. It is well known that they can travel hundreds or thousands of kilometres on foraging trips. Potentially,
The highly productive waters around Antarctica (also known as the Southern Ocean) are particularly rich in seabird diversity, but this region and the seabirds that inhabit it are also highly threatened by a
In newly published research, A framework for mapping the distribution of seabirds by integrating tracking, demography and phenology, Ana P. B. Carneiro et al. present a new framework aiming to tackle challenges of
Too many youngsters were going missing after fledging. With no knowledge of where they fly to, it was much harder to halt their decline. Now, nine satellite-tagged juveniles have successfully left the nest. We can watch their journey – and so can you.
