Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

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...
64 Laysan Albatross eggs destroyed! Feral pigs wreak destruction before a predator-proof fence is completed on Kauai

A feral pig approaches an incubating Albatross at night, trail camera photograph from the United States Fish and Wildife Service The Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, based on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai, has reported on its Facebook page that...
Hands-on management works. Black-footed and Laysan Albatross news from Hawaii

This Laysan Albatross pair seems safe from climate change 500 m above the sea in the Kuaokala Game Management Area on Oahu, photograph from Pacific Rim Conservation For some years, ACAP Latest News has regularly reported on conservation management...
Feral cats continue to reduce breeding success of Laysan Albatrosses on the Hawaiian island of Kauai

Start of the season: a Laysan Albatross pair meets up “From parents reuniting and mating, from egg-laying to chicks hatching, from fuzzy waddling to courageous fledging, the cycle has once again done a full spin on an axis of wind, squid and sheer...

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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

64 Laysan Albatross eggs destroyed! Feral pigs wreak destruction before a predator-proof fence is completed on Kauai

Hands-on management works. Black-footed and Laysan Albatross news from Hawaii

Feral cats continue to reduce breeding success of Laysan Albatrosses on the Hawaiian island of Kauai

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