In human years, not dog years. Wisdom was first spotted … Wisdom incubates her egg Credit: Madalyn Riley/USFWS Taken December 4, 2018 A Laysan albatross named "Wisdom" arrived at her nesting site on November 29 and laid an egg on December 5. What is unusual about that is that Wisdom is 68 years old. At 66, she now has a new egg. Wisdom, a 66-year-old albatross and the world's oldest known breeding bird has hatched another chick. At 68-years-old, the world's oldest known breeding bird, an albatross named Wisdom (pictured), has laid another egg. Wisdom the albatross was first banded in 1956 on Midway Atoll. Wisdom the albatross, the world's oldest known breeding bird in the wild, has laid an egg at 66 years of age after returning to a wildlife refuge in the Pacific Ocean, US wildlife officials said. Wisdom, the oldest known banded bird in the wild, is a female Laysan albatross that nests within the world's largest albatross colony on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Almost every year for six decades, Wisdom has laid an egg on Midway Atoll, an island near Hawaii. Wisdom The Albatross, World's Oldest Wild Bird, Lays Another Egg. An albatross sits amid plastic trash on Midway Atoll Amid Midway's dying birds, one albatross has defied expectation: a decades-old female named Wisdom. Meet "Wisdom," the oldest-known bird in the wild. Dear tired moms of the world: Meet Wisdom, whose dozens of young ones are about to gain another sibling. Meet Wisdom! She is at least 66-years old and a world renowned symbol of hope for all species that depend upon the health of the ocean to survive. Birds start nesting around five years of age, which is how scientists knew that Wisdom was at least five years old in 1956. She survived a tsunami and is believed to have laid nearly 40 eggs over her life. Wisdom, a 68-year-old Laysan albatross believed to be the world’s oldest known wild bird, has returned to her home at the Midway Atoll national wildlife refuge for yet another winter – and laid yet another egg to add to the already impressive brood that she has built up over an impressive lifetime. Wisdom, the oldest known banded bird in the wild, is a female Laysan albatross that nests within the world's largest albatross colony on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Wisdom is the oldest known living wild bird. At 66, Wisdom is flying around the globe, still having sex and still having babies. She was already an … Smart News Keeping you current Wisdom the Oldest Known Albatross Is Expecting (Again) The Laysan albatross is now 67 years old and is thought to have raised 30 to 35 chicks in her lifetime The oldest known live bird, a female named Wisdom, was at least 64 years old as of 2015. Scientists thought an albatross only lived to the ripe old age of 40. The Laysan albatross and the black-footed albatross have been known to hybridize. Wisdom, a Laysan Albatross, is the world’s oldest known banded bird in the wild and breeds exclusively on Midway Atoll NWR. Wisdom The Albatross, World's Oldest Wild Bird, Lays Another Egg Wisdom is known to be at least 68 years old and nests each year at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Like many other seabirds, Laysan Albatrosses delay sexual maturity until at least age 5 and may not breed successfully until ages 8 to 10. Wisdom, a Laysan Albatross, is the world’s oldest known banded bird in the wild and breeds exclusively on Midway Atoll NWR. Wisdom, a female Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis and the world's oldest known banded wild bird, has returned to the USA’s Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the northern Pacific. She was already an adult when banded in 1956. Most species survive upwards of 50 years, the oldest recorded being a Laysan albatross named Wisdom that was ringed in 1956 as a mature adult and hatched another chick in February 2017, making her at least 66 years old. In her 60s, the Laysan albatross has seen a lot in her years on Midway Atoll—including a world before plastics She is now considered to be at least 69 years old – but could be older as she was originally banded in …