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

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The hatchling emerged on January 30, according to a Facebook post from the nonprofit Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. When the egg hatched, Wisdom’s mate was caring for it.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials said Wisdom, approximately 74 years old, returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in late November. She has a new mate, and has laid another egg.

Midway Atoll proved its worth at the Battle of Midway by offering the Americans a much-needed victory over Japan. On top of that, American forces also took down all four carriers that assaulted ...

Standing on a pristine beach on Midway Island, Obama recognized both the historical and ecological significance of the six-mile-long atoll northwest of Hawaii.

Laysan albatross do mating dances on Midway Atoll in the North Pacific Ocea.n, northwest of Hawaii. An estimated 1.5 million albatross live on the atoll. Credit: AP/Lucy Pemoni ...

On a small, remote island in the Pacific Ocean, an unlikely predator feasts on the world’s largest albatross colony. Researchers are trying to figure out how to stop these murderous mice.

Caruso, of Garden Grove, was part of a team of 12 citizen scientists who recently spent six days a week for three weeks counting albatross nests on the Midway Atoll.

Obama was on the atoll to tour Midway's 1,100-acre Sand Island and view the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, a pristine expanse of coral reefs and seamounts that he expanded by ...