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

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 ...

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 ...

An endangered finch is once again calling Kuaihelani, also known as the Midway Atoll, home after being away from its home for 80 years. On July 21 and July 22, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff and ...

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 ...

Back on the Midway Atoll, Obama surveyed the pristine bay bordered by a crescent-shaped sliver of white sand. "I look forward to knowing that 20 years from now, 40 years from now, ...

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, has hatched another chick at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. The Laysan albatross supermom is at least 68 years old, according to U.S. Fish and ...

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known breeding bird in the wild, has returned to her home, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and Battle of Midway National Memorial in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine ...

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 - 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.

The U.S. military is suspending its efforts to secure a small Pacific island as the test landing site for a new program using ...

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 ...