Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COURTESY DAN RAPP /USFWS Wisdom, the approximately 74-year-old Laysan albatross, stands at the center over her recently laid egg ...

The world’s oldest known wild bird has sparked “special joy” among scientists after she laid an egg – her first in four years – at the age of 74. Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, was spotted with the egg ...

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 said. The long-winged seabird named Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, ...

Wisdom (center right), a Laysan albatross first banded in 1956, stands with her new partner as they admire their recently laid egg at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in late November. (Dan Rapp ...

Every year, wildlife biologists in the Hawaiian archipelago anxiously await an albatross named Wisdom. The world’s oldest known wild bird, 74, makes an annual pilgrimage to the Midway Atoll National ...

Wisdom the Laysan albatross, known as the oldest known banded bird in the wild, has defied the odds again. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials said Wisdom, approximately 74 years old, returned to ...

Wisdom is thriving in America — Wisdom the albatross, that is. The Laysan albatross is now at least 74 years old, and she recently laid an egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the ...