George and Geraldine had their first chick during the 2018-2019 breeding season. Image: Dan Rapp/USFWS

The Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge near Hawaii has welcomed a special couple: George and Geraldine, two short-tailed albatrosses ( Phoebastria albatrus ). The birds have officially found each other for nesting season on the Midway Atoll for the 10th straight year in a row. George was first spotted on October 18 , and the pair was reunited by October 22.

Every fall, the remote group of islands becomes a temporary home to the world’s largest albatross colony . Albatrosses are a group of large migratory seabird species, including the wandering albatross ( Diomedea exulans ), which has the largest wingspan of any current bird species.…