Saving the albatross of Antipodes Island
19 May 2026
The albatross population of Antipodes Island in the Southern Seas is critically endangered. With more data researchers hope to bring their numbers back.
SPECIAL FEATURE: On New Zealand’s remote and wind-whipped Antipodes Island, Dr Jamie Darby spent the summer tagging Antipodean albatross, recording their behaviour in unprecedented detail.
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