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If this chick had survived, it could have lived a long time: Laysan albatrosses are very long-lived birds. The oldest known wild bird is a 62-year old Laysan albatross named “Wisdom,” who still rears chicks on Midway Atoll.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 9

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Magellanic penguin parents typically lay two eggs under a bush or in a burrow, taking turns swimming out to sea to catch food for their chicks.
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Magellanic Penguin Parent and Chick

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Illustration of the common tern
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Great Tern

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A group of swimming gentoo penguins.
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Swimming Gentoo Penguins

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Artist Chris Jordan, who took these photos, is making a documentary about Laysan albatrosses on Midway Atoll and their plastic problem. Watch the trailer.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 10

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Three juvenile Adélie penguins
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Juvenile Adélie Penguins

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A small Adélie penguin hops on a piece of ice.
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Adélie Penguin Jumping Out of the Water

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Seabirds on a rocky outcrop.
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A Gathering of Seabirds and Seals

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Gentoo penguin mother with her chick in Antarctica.
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Gentoo Penguin Mother and Chick

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Wandering albatross soars over the ocean
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Saving Albatross Lives with Bird Scaring Lines

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A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
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Celebrating Marine Moms

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Midway Atoll, where these photos were taken, is more than 2,000 miles from the nearest land.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem

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