Palmyra Atoll is arguably one of the most remote locations in the world – it’s located 1,000 miles south of Hawai‘i and was likely included in historic Polynesian voyaging routes, however it never had ...

PALYMYRA ATOLL, Hawaii (KHON2) — Nature has an amazing ability to recover from human interference. But, sometimes, even nature a bit of help to reverse human interference. This has lead organizations ...

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HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announces that artificial intelligence (AI) powered imagery analysis detected two more seabird species at Palmyra Atoll (earlier this year, a ...

Researcher Carol Wolf is almost hidden by seedlings established after the eradication of invasive rats from Palmyra Atoll. (Photo by Island Conservation) Researchers have documented dramatic positive ...

The Palmyra Atoll has no indigenous population, making it ideal for scientific research. Those who work there live in rustic conditions amid what... Living in Paradise on the Palmyra Atoll Palmyra ...

WAILUKU–Six sihek (Guam kingfisher) are now officially living in the wild in the tropical forests of Palmyra Atoll. This release marks the first time since the 1980’s these beautiful birds will reside ...

New research demonstrates dramatic positive benefits for native trees following rat removal at Palmyra Atoll, a magnificent National Wildlife Refuge and natural research laboratory located about 1000 ...

A sooty tern colony is seen on Palmyra Atoll in 2014. “Capturing carbon is an important global need as the Earth navigates toward a possible temperature increase of 2 degrees Celsius,” said Alex ...

Both birds were believed to have been extirpated, or made locally extinct, during World War II, likely due to disturbances to their habitat and the introduction of predatory, invasive rats. TNC ...

The black rats weren't supposed to be there, on Palmyra Atoll. Likely arriving at the remote Pacific islet network as stowaways with the US Navy during World War II, the rodents, with no natural ...