by Laura Geggel, Staff
Writer | February 12, 2016 11:57am ET
The world's oldest known wild
bird just added a new chick to the family — her 40th one, experts say.
The Laysan albatross
(Phoebastria immutabilis), named Wisdom, is at least 65 years old but shows no
signs of slowing down. Wildlife officials at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife
Refuge in Hawaii
A fuzzy, gray chick
cracked out of its shell on Feb. 1. But Wisdom wasn't there when the baby chick
hatched: She had headed out to sea on Jan. 20, leaving her mate on nest duty.
She returned just after Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 7) with a full belly and
settled down on the nest, allowing her mate to fly off to sea in search of
food, officials said.
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