CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Fregata minor [Great Frigatebird] 18 days old, on Christmas Island [Kiritimati], Kiribati, 1967. The chick was photographed to document its ...

Imagine a creature so skilled at stealing food that it’s notoriously known as the “pirate bird.” Frigatebirds are just that — air pirates with many captivating qualities, from how they forage for food ...

As 264 volunteers gathered data from the shores of Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii islands during the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Count, the first of three coordinated whale ...

Frigatebirds are amazing seabirds, known for their very special flying ability and different characteristics. Having a spread of up to 2.3 meters in wingspan, they are really designed to travel long ...

The great frigatebird is, well, pretty great. "They have these big wing spans and a relatively light body so they can soar up into the atmosphere and spend months and days aloft. It's a really ...

FIRST PHOTO: A flock of iwa, or great frigatebirds, spirals above a Wailea Emerald Golf Course pond Wednesday morning, while taking turns drifting down to scoop drinks of water without stopping. The ...

Volunteers participating in Saturday’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Count stood side by side with tourists at the Lanai Lookout to observe and log whale behavior.

Great Frigate Bird tangled in plastic, Desventuradas Islands, Chile. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing ...

The Condor, Vol. 99, No. 1 (Feb., 1997), pp. 162-168 (7 pages) We investigated the importance of kleptoparasitism in a population of Red-footed Boobies (Sula sula) sympatric with frigatebirds (Great ...