Translocation videos:
Project fact sheets:
| no_net_loss_overview.pdf |
| translocation_faq.pdf |
| predator_fence_faq.pdf |
| hawaiian_seabird_native_habitat_poster.pdf |
News and popular media:
GECI Black-footed Albatross Translocation Partnership Announcement
Working with our partners Group de Ecologia y Conservation de Islas (GECI) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 21 Black-footed Albatross eggs and 12 chicks were translocated from Midway Atoll to Isla Guadalupe in Mexico in 2021. An additional 36 eggs were translocated to Isla Guadalupe in 2022 and 2023. All eggs were raised by experienced Laysan Albatross parents while chicks were hand-reared by the GECI animal care team. We anticipate this partnership continuing in translocating Black-footed Albatross eggs in the future.
Popular Media Articles
Moving species emerges as last resort as climate warms- Washington Post 2023
Hawaii Offers New Homes For Seabirds As Habitat On Remote Islands Disappears- Civil Beat 2022
Indigenous birds fly with Hawaiian Airlines to move to Mexico- Hawaii Public Radio 2022
First Wild Bonin Petrels Fledged from their nests on Oahu's North Shore - Star Advertiser 2021
Laysan Albatross have only two main nesting sites - Economist 2021
Reimagining Conservation - Earth Island 2021
They were destined to drown, how scientists found these seabirds a new island home - Science Mag 2021
Mexico and US work together to conserve threatened Black-footed Albatross - Mauai Now 2021
Albatross born on Mexican island is a milestone in conservation project - Mexico News Daily 2021
These scientists flew eggs across the ocean to save seabirds from climate change - Science 2021
Flying to a new home - The Garden Isle 2019
Hawaii Refuge provides new home for Albatross chicks - US News 2019
First translocated Laysan Albatross chick returns! 2018 press release
The best opportunity for survival- The Garden Island 2018
Black-Footed Albatross Chicks Take Refuge From Climate Change On Oahu- Civil Beat 2018
These Baby Birds Had To Move Because The Planet's Getting Too Warm- The Dodo 2017
Black-footed albatross chicks moved to Oahu- Honolulu Star Advertiser 2017
Albatross chicks cross the sea to escape rising waters- Earth Touch News Network 2017
To Save Albatross From Sea Level Rise, an Experimental Colony Lifts Off- Audubon Magazine 2017
Watch Fuzzy Albatross Chicks Saved From Rising Seas- National Geographic 2016
Albatross eggs flown from Kauai to Oahu in attempt to start new North Shore colony- Hawaii Magazine 2014
In the fall of 2018 Hurricane Walaka directly hit French Frigate Shoals, which contains East Island and Tern Island. Both islands function as nesting ground for hundreds of thousands of seabirds. Read through the articles below to see the critical need for our translocation projects.
Remote Hawaiian Island Wiped Off the Map 2018 Huff Post
East Island, Remote Hawaiian Sliver of Sand, Is Largely Wiped Out by a Hurricane 2018 New York Times
A Hawaiian Island Has Disappeared Beneath The Pacific Ocean 2018 Forbes
A Category 5 hurricane wiped an entire Hawaiian island off the map 2018 CNNGrupo de Ecología
y Conservación de Islas
Working with our partners Group de Ecologia y Conservation de Islas (GECI) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 21 Black-footed Albatross eggs and 12 chicks were translocated from Midway Atoll to Isla Guadalupe in Mexico in 2021. An additional 36 eggs were translocated to Isla Guadalupe in 2022 and 2023. All eggs were raised by experienced Laysan Albatross parents while chicks were hand-reared by the GECI animal care team. We anticipate this partnership continuing in translocating Black-footed Albatross eggs in the future.
Popular Media Articles
Moving species emerges as last resort as climate warms- Washington Post 2023
Hawaii Offers New Homes For Seabirds As Habitat On Remote Islands Disappears- Civil Beat 2022
Indigenous birds fly with Hawaiian Airlines to move to Mexico- Hawaii Public Radio 2022
First Wild Bonin Petrels Fledged from their nests on Oahu's North Shore - Star Advertiser 2021
Laysan Albatross have only two main nesting sites - Economist 2021
Reimagining Conservation - Earth Island 2021
They were destined to drown, how scientists found these seabirds a new island home - Science Mag 2021
Mexico and US work together to conserve threatened Black-footed Albatross - Mauai Now 2021
Albatross born on Mexican island is a milestone in conservation project - Mexico News Daily 2021
These scientists flew eggs across the ocean to save seabirds from climate change - Science 2021
Flying to a new home - The Garden Isle 2019
Hawaii Refuge provides new home for Albatross chicks - US News 2019
First translocated Laysan Albatross chick returns! 2018 press release
The best opportunity for survival- The Garden Island 2018
Black-Footed Albatross Chicks Take Refuge From Climate Change On Oahu- Civil Beat 2018
These Baby Birds Had To Move Because The Planet's Getting Too Warm- The Dodo 2017
Black-footed albatross chicks moved to Oahu- Honolulu Star Advertiser 2017
Albatross chicks cross the sea to escape rising waters- Earth Touch News Network 2017
To Save Albatross From Sea Level Rise, an Experimental Colony Lifts Off- Audubon Magazine 2017
Watch Fuzzy Albatross Chicks Saved From Rising Seas- National Geographic 2016
Albatross eggs flown from Kauai to Oahu in attempt to start new North Shore colony- Hawaii Magazine 2014
In the fall of 2018 Hurricane Walaka directly hit French Frigate Shoals, which contains East Island and Tern Island. Both islands function as nesting ground for hundreds of thousands of seabirds. Read through the articles below to see the critical need for our translocation projects.
Remote Hawaiian Island Wiped Off the Map 2018 Huff Post
East Island, Remote Hawaiian Sliver of Sand, Is Largely Wiped Out by a Hurricane 2018 New York Times
A Hawaiian Island Has Disappeared Beneath The Pacific Ocean 2018 Forbes
A Category 5 hurricane wiped an entire Hawaiian island off the map 2018 CNNGrupo de Ecología
y Conservación de Islas