President Barack Obama traveled to the remote, sun-scorched Midway Atoll on Thursday to highlight the threats that climate change and human activities pose to fragile ecosystems like the Northern ...

Albatross tally is the highest ever at spec-of-a-place Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, which boasts the world’s largest albatross population. Midway Atoll is but a spec in the Pacific Ocean, ...

While America's massive fleet of aircraft carriers is difficult to sink, they are sadly not unsinkable. The title of this article refers to Midway Atoll as an "Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier," but as ...

Nancy Caruso sat on an island in the North Pacific Ocean just inches from an albatross and watched as the large black-and-white seabird with a 12-foot wingspan added grass to its nest to cover up a ...

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 Laysan ...

STAR-ADVERTISER / MARCO GARCIA / 2012 Albatross birds are seen on Midway Atoll. Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, whose natural history is rivaled by the legendary sea battle that was a turning ...

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. Boats need special permits to enter.

A Great Frigatebird prepares to take flight. You know those little kids who are always bringing home turtles or tadpoles? What happens when they grow up? At least some of them end up in places like ...