Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

It’s not just cats. Nine Wedge-tailed Shearwaters are killed by dogs on Kauai

Wedge-tailed Shearwater corpses after the dog attack, photograph from Archipelago Research and Conservation The Hawaii-based environmental consultancy, Archipelago Research and Conservation (ARC) has recently reported on its Facebook page of a mass...
THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. Two different animals: pet cats at home, feral cats on islands

A feral cat kills a Newell’s Shearwater on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, photograph by André Raine First a disclaimer. I have lived with domestic cats nearly all my life. The current pair have completed a decade; I am approaching my ninth. So, it can...
65 Laysan Albatross chicks fledge from the Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Reserve in 2025 despite attacks by the (now eradicated) feral pigs

Breeding Laysan Albatrosses at the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Reserve and USFWS volunteer Louise Barnfield completing a weekly survey. Photographs from Louise Barnfield Results of the 2024/25 breeding season of Laysan Albatrosses or Mōlī...
Laysan Albatrosses in Hawaii’s Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge are no longer threatened by feral pigs

A feral pig approaches an incubating Laysan Albatross in the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge Feral pigs are a major predator of breeding seabirds on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai, including within the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge where...
“North Star on the South Shore”. A new breeding locality for the Laysan Albatross on Kauai

Hōkūpaʻa five days before fledging, photograph by Hob Osterlund Laysan Albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis breed in several localities along the northern shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, from the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands...
A feral pig kills a Wedge-tailed Shearwater on the Hawaiian island of Kauai

A feral pig attacks a Wedge-tailed Shearwater, trail cam photograph by Pacific Rim Conservation News from the Facebook page of Pacific Rim Conservation. “This series highlights a tragic reality for Hawai'i's ground-nesting seabirds. Invasive mammalian...
The Laysan Albatrosses of Kauai have had a good breeding year

A Laysan Albatross chick gets close to fledging, photograph by Hob Osterlund The Laysan Albatrosses or Mōlī Phoebastria immutabilis have just come off a good breeding year on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai, a distinct improvement over the previous...
UPDATED. Safe from sea level rise and predators. Laysan Albatrosses on Kauai and Oahu lay record egg numbers

The new predator-proof fence in the Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, photograph by US Fish & Wildlife Service Laysan Albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis are breeding again in the North Pacific. The vast majority breeds on the low-lying atolls of...
Keeping Kauai free of mongooses remains a priority to protect beleaguered Hawaiian Petrels and Newell’s Shearwaters as a sixth animal is found

Kauai’s sixth Small Indian Mongoose, live trapped on 05 May 2023, photograph from the Hawai’i Department of Health The Hawaiian island of Kaua’i is home to important breeding populations of Endangered Hawaiian Petrels Pterodroma sandwichensis and...
Waterlogged by your own egg! A Laysan Albatross survives an attack by a feral pig to nearly drown at sea

Greg Yost holds the waterlogged Laysan Albatross rescued at sea; photograph by Howie Grene On 26 December last year a Laysan Albatross or Mōlī Phoebastria immutabilis was found waterlogged and struggling at sea about 2.5 km offshore from the Kīlauea...

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It’s not just cats. Nine Wedge-tailed Shearwaters are killed by dogs on Kauai

THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. Two different animals: pet cats at home, feral cats on islands

65 Laysan Albatross chicks fledge from the Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Reserve in 2025 despite attacks by the (now eradicated) feral pigs

Laysan Albatrosses in Hawaii’s Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge are no longer threatened by feral pigs

“North Star on the South Shore”. A new breeding locality for the Laysan Albatross on Kauai

A feral pig kills a Wedge-tailed Shearwater on the Hawaiian island of Kauai

The Laysan Albatrosses of Kauai have had a good breeding year

UPDATED. Safe from sea level rise and predators. Laysan Albatrosses on Kauai and Oahu lay record egg numbers

Keeping Kauai free of mongooses remains a priority to protect beleaguered Hawaiian Petrels and Newell’s Shearwaters as a sixth animal is found

Waterlogged by your own egg! A Laysan Albatross survives an attack by a feral pig to nearly drown at sea

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels