on Taiaroa Head, following work experiences with Laysan Phoebastria immutabilis and Black-footed P. nigripes Albatrosses on Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands a few years back ( click here ). Jun's PhD research, supervised by University...
The pair of Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus that have been breeding on East Island, part of the USA's Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the North West Hawaiian Islands, for the second year in succession have now successfully...
The ongoing efforts to remove lead-based paint from Midway Atoll in the North Pacific looks like they are to gain new impetus with a settlement between the USA's non-profit conservation organization Center for Biological Diversity and the U.S. Fish &...
The Million Dollar Mouse Campaign is now halfway to raising the one million New Zealand Dollars that will be required for the Department of Conservation to eradicate the introduced House Mice Mus musculus on Antipodes Island . Once the campaign target...
The last overhead power lines have now been removed on Midway Atoll in the North Pacific. Over the years overhead cabling, including stays supporting radio masts and the like, have caused the deaths of many birds, especially Black-footed Phoebastria...
At sea: Dimas Gianuca "Face to face": the Gold Winner in the Portrait Category A pair of Lysan Albatrosses photographed on Midway Atoll; in 2001 by Jacob González-Solis A full list of Gold, Silver and Bronze winners is given on the museum's web site....
of contaminants from plastics, may be of concern throughout the population." Remains of a Laysan Albatross corpse on Midway Atoll shows its plastic load Photograph by Chris Jordan Reference: Gray, H., Lattin, G.L. & Moore, C.J. 2012. Incidence, mass and...
abstract follows: "Bryan's Shearwater ( Puffinus bryani ) was described in 2011 on the basis of a specimen collected on the Midway Atoll in 1963. This specimen and another recorded on Midway in the early 1990s are the sole reliable records to date....
winter camp. It might be time for the DLNR to begin active management of Short-tails on Kure Atoll. In 2000 biologists on Midway Atoll began to entice Short-tailedAlbatrosses to Eastern Island with decoys and a sound system to project STAL...
Wisdom, the now 62-year old Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis , is once more back on Sand Island in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and has laid her latest egg, now being incubated by her partner. Following a query earlier this week...
seasons but without a male the eggs have been infertile ( click here ). Three Short-tailed Albatrosses have turned up on Midway Atoll recently, including the male of the pair that has bred successfully over the last two years on Eastern Island. News of...
the first egg laid will hatch ( click here ). Also in the North Pacific the first-ever Short-tailed Albatross pair on Midway Atoll successfully fledged their second chick . More significant news perhaps has been of the progress achieved by two tuna...
The Refuge and National Memorial serve as the “window” to the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the only site within the Monument open to the public.
support the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in its efforts to preserve, protect and restore the biological diversity and historic resources of Midway Atoll, while providing opportunity for wildlife-dependent recreation, education and scientific...
