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Midway In The News –

Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge: 'A Great Monument to the People Who Passed Here' - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
April 20 2026
A biologist banded a Laysan albatross on Midway Atoll in December 1956, and the same bird, Wisdom, was still returning to the colony and raising chicks nearly 70 years later at roughly age 75, making one worn metal leg band the longest-running tracking de - scienceblog.com
September 1 2026
Japan Airlines, ZIPAIR urge US Gov’t to keep Midway Atoll open - Aero South Pacific
August 27 2026
Stream the Beautiful Highs and Violent Lows of Albatross Life With This New 24-Hour Camera on Midway Atoll - Smithsonian Magazine
December 12 2025
Battle of Midway: June 1942 - National Review
June 3 2026
Midway Atoll eradicated invasive rats after Bonin petrels had fallen to fewer than 5,000 nesting pairs; b - The Times of India
August 22 2026
She’s Back! Wisdom The Incredible Laysan Albatross Has Returned - Forbes
December 2 2025
Wisdom, oldest bird, returns with mate to Midway Atoll! - EarthSky
November 30 2025
Wisdom the Laysan Albatross returns to nest at Midway Atoll - BirdGuides
December 10 2025
Snowed in? Watch albatrosses nest on a sunny Pacific island instead - Popular Science
January 25 2026
My Month at Midway Atoll - Island Conservation
December 18 2017
75 Years After the Battle of Midway, a Tour of the Midway Atoll - U.S. Government Accountability Office (.gov)
June 5 2017
Their Sacrifice Won the Battle of Midway. A Marine Now Fights for Their Medals of Honor - Military.com
March 30 2026
The World’s Oldest Wild Bird Just Came Back at 75 to Her Pacific Island Home and Is Still Laying Eggs - ZME Science
December 2 2025
Coast Guard medevacs ailing man from Midway Atoll - United States Coast Guard News (.mil)
November 17 2024
Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Mission: Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) - NOAA Fisheries (.gov)
October 8 2021
Restoration Recipe for Midway Atoll - Island Conservation
September 3 2019
Midway Atoll NWR Aerial View - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
August 15 2023
Wisdom, the World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird, Returns to Midway Atoll - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
December 9 2022
Among winged-sacred beings in Kuaihelani - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
September 25 2024
Midway Atoll receives translocated Laysan finches from Manawai after 80 years since rats erradicated them from Midway Atoll in the mid-1940s - Maui Now
July 24 2025
74 Years Since the ‘Battle of Midway’—What Happens Now? - U.S. Government Accountability Office (.gov)
June 6 2016
Short-tailed albatross and chick on Midway Atoll - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
January 13 2024
Rehabilitated Hawaiian Monk Seals Return to Kuaihelani - NOAA Fisheries (.gov)
April 5 2023
Midway Atoll project safeguards endangered finch species - Hawaii Public Radio
July 31 2025
Walking Among Seabirds and Historic Buildings on Midway Atoll - Island Conservation
September 30 2019
'Wisdom' the Albatross returns to Midway Atoll to nests again at the age of 75 - Moneycontrol.com
December 2 2025
The Most Remote, Uninhabited Territories Of The United States - WorldAtlas
June 13 2026
Murderous Mice Are Attacking And Killing Nesting Albatrosses On Midway Atoll - Honolulu Civil Beat
February 23 2024
Plan To Eradicate Mice That Attack Albatrosses On Midway Delayed Another Year - Honolulu Civil Beat
March 28 2022
Riding a bike through the world’s largest albatross colony - Popular Science
July 25 2025
11 responses to “Midway Through Cleaning Up Midway Island” - Plastic Pollution Coalition
May 18 2016
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