ʻEkupuʻu — the Laysan finch — for the first time in 8 decades grace the fields and skies of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and Battle of Midway Memorial following U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Every fall, the world’s largest albatross colony migrates to the atoll to breed. In fact, Wisdom’s was one of almost 645,000 ...

An endangered finch is once again calling Kuaihelani, also known as the Midway Atoll, home after being away from its home for ...

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands — Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land ...

In 2000, the atoll was designated the Battle of Midway National Memorial, as authorized by Congress. Location: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, ...

MIDWAY ATOLL, NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS >> Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land ...

MIDWAY ATOLL — No one seems to know exactly who came up with the name or when it first was used, but they all seem to agree that it fits: gooney. As in gooney bird. More precisely, the Laysan ...

The wildlife department — along with the Friends of Midway Atoll — have tracked the birds since 1991, after the islands became a marine sanctuary and national monument.

MIDWAY ATOLL - The long stretch of atolls and coral reefs northwest of the main Hawaiian islands is so precious humans generally aren’t allowed to venture there.

Midway Atoll is but a spec in the Pacific Ocean, relatively speaking. Sand and Eastern Island, its two main land bodies, comprise 1,200 and 334 acres, respectively. But Midway Atoll National ...

HONOLULU – The world's oldest known seabird has a new chick. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday Wisdom's offspring hatched at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week. The ...