Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, site of the infamous World War II battle but more recently a gem of a destination for fishermen, divers and eco-tourists, is no longer accessible to the public.

The Department of the Air Force has suspended plans to use Johnston Atoll, an isolated Pacific island about 700 nautical ...

Midway Island was handed over to the National Park Service in 1996, and today, it's a fully functioning bird sanctuary and national memorial. The Commercial Pacific Cable Company also utilizes the ...

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 ...

Barack Obama flew to Midway, a remote Pacific atoll, less than a week after creating the world’s largest protected marine reserve in surrounding waters.

In about six months, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to allow tourists to visit remote Midway Atoll, primarily to help clear the island of debris and invasive species.

The first time I traveled to Midway Atoll was 1996, a year before the U.S. Naval Air Facility closed. I was strapped into a tail-facing seat in the windowless belly of an Air Force cargo plane ...

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 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.

The Bird Man of Midway Atoll In college, biologist Jimmy Breeden learned to identify bird songs — and in them, he heard his life's calling.

Midway Island was handed over to the National Park Service in 1996, and today, it's a fully functioning bird sanctuary and national memorial.