Laysan

Jon Plissner, supervisory wildlife biologist at the refuge, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Wisdom was one of two to three million Laysan albatrosses who travel to Midway to breed.

The wingspan of Laysan albatrosses can reach up to 80 inches, and they can travel more than 930 miles in search of food.

Three Hawaiian monk seals lie together on Kamole /Laysan Island.

Wisdom, the approximately 74-year-old Laysan albatross, stands at the center over her recently laid egg with other seabirds around the ground nest at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.

The area is surrounded by a wildlife refuge, where the ocean cliffs and grassy slopes provide habitats for rare birds including the laysan albatross and the red-footed booby (no laughing at the back).

The atoll is home to 73% of all Laysan albatross in the world.

The Laysan albatross named Wisdom hatched a chick earlie.

Laysan albatross breed in large colonies, returning to the place they were born every year.

Environment Albatrosses at Midway Atoll Marine debris with Laysan albatross chicks Midway Atoll is a critical habitat in the central Pacific Ocean.

For example, of the two albatross species found in Hawaii, the black-footed albatross takes mostly fish, while the Laysan feeds mainly on squid.