HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A team from a Hawaii-based nonprofit organization returned to Honolulu after removing over 70,000 pounds of debris from Midway Atoll. The crew from the Papahanaumokuakea ...

COURTESY DAN RAPP /USFWS Wisdom, the approximately 74-year-old Laysan albatross, stands at the center over her recently laid egg with other seabirds around the ground nest at Midway Atoll National ...

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 ...

MIDWAY ATOLL -- To World War II veterans, these remote islands one-third of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo always will be known as the site where the fortunes of war in the Pacific shifted in favor of ...

The Midway Atoll (Kuaihelani in Hawaiian) is a group of small, remote pacific islands north west of Hawaii. If the name sounds familiar, it’s probably because you learned about the Battle of Midway in ...

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The world's oldest known wild bird may have lost her mate, but she was recently seen courting new suitors. The Laysan albatross, or mōlī, known as Wisdom has been photographed dancing with potential ...

It was an historic moment, according to the experts, as it was one of the biggest tremors ever recorded, and millions of people were on notice for possible tsunamis. Fortunately, initial reports are ...

Wisdom the Laysan albatross was banded with a red tag reading Z333 in 1956. She is now raising a newborn chick at the age of at least 74. Dan Rapp / USFWS via Friends of Midway Atoll Once a mother, ...

1785 - The order is given to sell the last ship remaining in the Continental Navy, the frigate Alliance. No other Navy ships are authorized until 1794. 1898 - During the Spanish-American War, the ...

Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point aircrews conduct flight formations in the soon to be retired HC-130H Hercules airplane. The HC-130H model has been assigned to the unit since 1959 and is being ...