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Artwork by ABUN artist Pat Latas “This art, named ‘Treasures,' depicts, Wisdom, her chick, a ghost crab and a plastic army man figurine. It represents the past, present and future of our marine treasures: the beauty, the resilience, the squandering....
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This year’s Pacific Seabird Group's Annual Meeting (its 53rd) is being held held online from 23-27 February, with the theme "Seabirds: Connecting Oceans, Islands, and People”. A list by first authors and titles of six oral and poster presentations on...
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The 2025/26 ground count volunteers on Midway Atoll, photograph by USFWS volunteer Dan Rapp Once more, volunteers have conducted exhaustive ground counts of breeding albatrosses in Midway’s Atoll’s Eastern and Sand Islands. Results for the 2025/26...
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George and Geraldine (in front) on Midway Atoll, December 2025 George and Geraldine, the solitary pair of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus on Midway Atoll in the North Pacific, have returned to their usual Sand Island breeding...
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Highlights of life on Midway by Ilana Nimz The Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (FOMA) held its first art contest during June, announcing the winners last month (click here). All the submitted entries are now available for viewing here....
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One of the 10 ten: A Laysan Albatross family “The first annual Friends of Midway Art Contest judges have already selected the 1st and 2nd place winners, who have been notified. Now we need YOUR help on voting for the Peoples' Choice Award winner! The...
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Tsunami signal from Midway Atoll, 30 July 2026 UPDATE FROM THE KURE ATOLL CONSERVANCY: "Updates from the crew stationed on Kure rolled in yesterday. The scene from the pier shows that the high water mark came up the beach but did not inundate the dunes...
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“Nestled in a Cliffside Colony” by pointillist artist Holly Parsons As part of its activities to mark World Albatross Day (WAD2025) and its theme of “Effects of Disease” on 19 June this year, ACAP once more collaborated with the international...
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George (on left) and Geraldine, photograph by USFWS Volunteer Joe Owen Midway Atoll’s well-known Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus George and Geraldine did not hatch their egg this breeding season, according to a report from the Facebook...
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- Author: John Cooper
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An adult Short-tailed Albatross “rain nibbles” on Kure Atoll, 21 December 2024, photograph by Isabelle Beaudoin Midway Atoll is not the only USA island in the North Pacific Ocean that might in time harbour a colony of Vulnerable Short-Albatrosses...
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- Author: John Cooper
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