Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

George and Geraldine are back!

Geraldine on Sand Island, Midway Atoll in October 2024, photograph by Chris Forster Everyone’s favourite couple, George and Geraldine, the sole breeding Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus pair on the USA’s Midway Atoll, have returned to Sand...
Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine have fledged their fifth chick on Midway Atoll

A Short-tailed Albatross chick on Midway Atoll, photograph by Narongkorn Thatsanangkun George and Geraldine, the well-known pair of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus on Midway Atoll’s Sand Island fledged their latest chick around...
Keeping it in the family. George and Geraldine’s latest chick gets its bands while older sibling Short-tailed Albatrosses dance together on Midway Atoll

Pointillist portrait of Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine by ABUN artist Holly Parsons for ACAP’s World Albatross Day on 19 June, after a photograph by Jonathon Plissner. Geraldine is the darker bird in front on the nest. Acrylic on...
Flávia Barreto supports the conservation of the Short-tailed Albatross with her art for World Albatross Day 2024

A Short-tailed Albatross flies past Japan’s Torishima, its main breeding site. Artwork by Flávia Barreto For five years the Albatross and Petrel Agreement has collaborated with Artists & Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) to produce art in support of...
The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is proposed to also become a national marine sanctuary

Proposed Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary Agency, from NOAA The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument was proclaimed in June 2006 as the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. It was renamed as the Papahānaumokuākea...
World Albatross Day collaboration with Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature extended

Short-tailed Albatrosses "George and Geraldine enclosed in an ethereal protective boundary" by Agnieszka Elliott from a photo by Jonathan Plissner Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) have extended the date for artwork submissions to Project...
What’s in a name – Short-tailed or Steller’s Albatross?

Georg Steller, 18th Century German botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer. Artwork courtesy of the Center of Russian-German Cooperation of Georg Wilhelm Steller, University of Tyumen The Vulnerable Short-tailed or Steller's Albatross Phoebastria...
George and Geraldine, the lone Short-tailed Albatross pair on Midway Atoll, have a new chick

Short-tailed Albatrosses George (left) and Geraldine brood their latest chick on Midway Atoll, 26 December 2023, photograph by Nick Minnich The lone Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus pair well known as George and Geraldine on the USA’s Midway...
UPDATED. George and Geraldine, Midway Atoll’s sole Short-tailed Albatross pair, are back for a new season - and have an egg

George (left) and Geraldine return for a new breeding season, photograph by USFWS/Jonathon Plissner UPDATE: The Short-tailed Albatross have an egg for the 2023/24 season and incubation is proceeding, with the male having taken over duties from the...
UPDATED. Who’s a big boy then? Midway Atoll’s latest Short-tailed Albatross chick gets its bands - and fledges a month later

USFWS Bio-technician Laura Brazier and Supervisory Biologist Jon Plissner band Midway’s latest Short-tailed Albatross chick on 16 April 2023, photograph by USFWS Volunteer Andrew Sullivan-Haskins “Wow! What a big chunky fuzzball” – Hob Osterlund,...

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George and Geraldine are back!

Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine have fledged their fifth chick on Midway Atoll

Keeping it in the family. George and Geraldine’s latest chick gets its bands while older sibling Short-tailed Albatrosses dance together on Midway Atoll

Flávia Barreto supports the conservation of the Short-tailed Albatross with her art for World Albatross Day 2024

The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is proposed to also become a national marine sanctuary

World Albatross Day collaboration with Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature extended

What’s in a name – Short-tailed or Steller’s Albatross?

George and Geraldine, the lone Short-tailed Albatross pair on Midway Atoll, have a new chick

UPDATED. George and Geraldine, Midway Atoll’s sole Short-tailed Albatross pair, are back for a new season - and have an egg

UPDATED. Who’s a big boy then? Midway Atoll’s latest Short-tailed Albatross chick gets its bands - and fledges a month later

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