Johnston Atoll, an unincorporated US territory and Pacific island wildlife refuge with a complicated military history, is no ...

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.

A remote Pacific wildlife refuge, once targeted for SpaceX rocket testing, has been spared—at least for now—as the Air Force backs away from controversial plans amid mounting pressure from ...

Midway Atoll, pictured in 2002, was the site of a major turning point in World War II’s Pacific theater. A new battle is pitting preservation of its vaunted military history against 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 ...

Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN) -- The distance from humanity yawns out in front of you when you stand on the pale sands of this tiny Pacific island. Midway Atoll is just about the ...

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.

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

Long Island LI Life Volunteer for the Midway Atoll annual albatross count Laysan albatross do mating dances on Midway Atoll in the North Pacific Ocea.n, northwest of Hawaii.

Counting albatross annually The wildlife department – along with the Friends of Midway Atoll – have kept track of the elusive seabirds since 1991.

The Maui News KAHULUI—A team of twelve from the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project (PMDP), a Hawai‘i-based non-profit organization, returned to Honolulu, having conducted their first of ...