Good news and bad news in the world of seabirds. Let's start with the bad: the Texas-sized patch of garbage in the Pacific Ocean that's been in the news lately is killing the majestic and poetically important, but also terribly endangered, albatross. A depressing video art piece at Scientific American shows the rotting carcasses of albatross chick after albatross chick who have died with bellies full of colorful plastic that their parents collected and fed them, thinking it was food. The wandering albatross' wingspan of 11 feet is the largest of any bird: The things can soar for thousand of miles without touching down. But apparently [...]