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 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.

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 ...

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 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 Atoll, the renowned World War II battle site and wildlife sanctuary 1,250 miles northwest of Honolulu, is reopening to regularly scheduled tour groups after a six-year lapse. But the ...

Wisdom (center right), a Laysan albatross first banded in 1956, stands with her new partner as they admire their recently laid egg at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in late November.

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