The world's oldest known wild bird has defied age once again by laying an egg—even though she is thought to be around 74 years old, wildlife officials announced this week. Wisdom, a Laysan ...

A bird once declared extinct in the wild has just laid eggs in Hawaii ... It often takes a few attempts at laying and looking after eggs for them to actually hatch.

Sihek, a now-endangered bird returned to the wild in 2024, has laid wild eggs ... “It’s likely it will take a few rounds of egg laying for the birds to hone their skills and hatch chicks." ...

If the Trump administration gets its way, we won’t have much hope of learning more. The White House’s 2026 budget would end ...

The Sihek is among the most endangered bird species in the world. For the first time in almost 40 years, recently released Siheks have laid eggs in the wild. Conservationists hope to release more ...

By Sara Ruberg The world’s oldest known wild bird, a 74-year-old Laysan ... that “it’s very rare” for a bird of Wisdom’s age to lay an egg, noting that “the average age that birds ...

World's Oldest-Known Wild Bird Lays an Egg in Hawaii at Age 74 The oldest known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ripe age of about 74, her first in four years, U.S. wildlife officials ...

The age at which the birds stop laying eggs in the wild hasn’t been effectively studied and is unknown. Every year, millions of the seabirds return to the refuge to nest and raise their young ...

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