Tasmania trials artificial shy albatross nests to help seabird fight extinction

Conservationists say threatened seabird is vulnerable to the environmental effects of rising air temperatures and warming oceans caused by climate changeTasmanian scientists will trial a new tactic this spring to help the shy albatross fight extinction: constructing artificial nests. Conservationists hope the nests will boost the population of the threatened seabird, which they believe is vulnerable to the environmental effects of climate change. Continue reading...