Male albatrosses share in the incubation of eggs.

雄性信天翁参与孵卵。

In late summer even the albatrosses left.

而到了夏末，连信天翁都离开了小岛。

Turtles, dolphins, albatrosses not on show.

没有陈列海龟、海豚和信天翁。

There are about 140 royal albatrosses on the colony.

繁殖中心有大约140只皇家信天翁。

Actually, I was protecting the albatrosses from this owl!

其实，我是保护信天翁从这个猫头鹰！

Albatrosses are big. Their wings are more than 2 metres wide.

信天翁是大型鸟类，他们的双翼展开有两米。

However, recent data makes clear that more than 100,000 albatrosses a year may die in lines.

然而，最新数据表明，每年有超过十万只信天翁丧生于此。

However, these vast distances increase the albatrosses' chance of encountering a fishing fleet.

也正是这样的长途跋涉增加了信天翁碰上捕鱼船的几率。

In monogamous gulls and albatrosses, it gave females the chance to breed without a male partner.

海鸥与信天翁同样有“一夫一妻”传统，不过雌性在没有雄性的前提下可以更好的哺育后代。

Two female royal albatrosses at a New Zealand breeding colony have successfully incubated a chick.

在新西兰南部小岛上的皇家信天翁繁殖中心里，两只雌性信天翁通力合作，演绎了共同哺育幼雏的奇趣怪闻。

The sailor is happy to see it. Many sailor believe that if they see an albatrosses, they will have good luck.

水手看到很开心，因为水手们相信如果看到信天翁，那代表着好运。

Particularly at risk are seabirds such as albatrosses, of which 18 of the 22 species are listed as endangered.

尤其受到威胁的是像信天翁一类的海鸟，而在信天翁的22个品种中已有18个濒临灭绝。

Indeed, most familiar sea creatures, from albatrosses to walruses, from seals to oysters, have suffered huge losses.

确实，信天翁、海象、海豹、牡蛎……这些最常见的海洋生物数量锐减，难更仆数。

Albatrosses use the wind to help them fly. With the wind under them, they don't need to move their wings for many hours.

信天翁还会利用风来帮辅助他们飞翔。在风的帮助下，他们能不用翅膀飞翔数个小时。

Photo 6: Soaring on seven-foot wings, a pair of light-mantled sooty albatrosses cruise the nesting cliffs of Gold Harbour.

图6：挥动7英尺的翅膀翱翔，一对浑身乌黑的信天翁在金海湾的筑巢悬崖飞来飞去。

Here you will see albatrosses, seals, penguins, and a number of other interesting representatives of the Antarctic region.

在这里，你可有看到信天翁、海豹、企鹅以及其他很多种南极地区有趣的代表性动物。

During the dash across the South Atlantic Ocean you'll be regularly joined by Albatrosses while whales are a common sight.

在跨南大西洋的巡航过程中，你们会时常得到信天翁的加入和陪伴，大鲸鱼也是一道常见的风景。

And albatrosses, which stay together their entire lives, keep it interesting by entertaining each other with goofy ritual dancing.

而会和另一半白头到老的信天翁则通过愚笨的仪式舞蹈互相取悦，让生活变得有趣。

There were the albatrosses: Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and Airbus's A380, heavy airliners that still manage long, effortless flight.

有信天翁：波音公司的787“梦想”和空中客车公司的A380——虽然自身重量大，但仍能够毫不费力地完成远途飞行任务；

Albatrosses breed once every one or two years. While rearing youngsters, parents undergo journeys of thousands of miles to find food.

信天翁每一或二年繁殖一次，为了喂养孩子，他们跋涉数千英里去觅食。

The mystery of where albatrosses go during their epic migrations has been solved by a study that will help the world's most threatened family of birds.

最近，一份研究报告解开了有关信天翁飞行路径的秘密，这将对保护这类世界濒危鸟类起到至关重要的作用。

The mystery of where albatrosses go during their epic migrations has been solved by a study that will help the world"s most threatened family of birds."

最近，一份研究报告解开了有关信天翁飞行路径的秘密，这将对保护这类世界濒危鸟类起到至关重要的作用。

'the problem is that albatrosses - no matter the species - breed relatively infrequently and only by the time they are 12 to 15 years old,' said Croxall.

克罗克索尔说：鸞“问题在于不论何种信天翁，都只有满12至15岁后才会繁殖，次数也不多。”

The most notable include some male bighorn sheep that have been observed to predominantly mount other males throughout their lives, and female Laysan albatrosses - more of which later.

最显着的，是一些雄性大角羊经常被观察到霸道地骑在同性伙伴的身上，另外雌性莱桑信天翁也一样。