While winter is raging in an unusually large swath of the United States, the weather is balmy for the birds nesting on the ...

Laysan finches, also known as ekupuu in Hawaiian, were once found throughout the main Hawaiian isles but can now only be found at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Known for their varied ...

While America's massive fleet of aircraft carriers is difficult to sink, they are sadly not unsinkable. The title of this article refers to Midway Atoll as an "Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier," but as ...

Wisdom the Laysan albatross, known as the oldest known banded bird in the wild, has defied the odds again. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials said Wisdom, approximately 74 years old, returned to ...

Adam Estes examines the legacy of the Battle of Midway through the story of "Midway Madness," the last surviving Douglas SBD ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By now, the dust has settled, the seas have calmed, and the panic has dwindled, following Tuesday’s magnitude 8.7 earthquake off ...

On Thursday the Coast Guard completed the medical evacuation of a 52-year-old man from Midway Atoll. At 10 a.m. Tuesday morning the Coast Guard Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu received ...

The world’s oldest known wild bird has sparked “special joy” among scientists after she laid an egg – her first in four years – at the age of 74. Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, was spotted with the egg ...

Associated Press Smoke billows from the USS Yorktown and bursts from anti-aircraft fire fill the air after a Japanese bomber hit the aircraft carrier in the Battle of Midway near Midway Islands during ...

As of late 2025, Wisdom the albatross continues to defy expectations for bird longevity. First banded in 1956, this 75-year-old avian marvel has spent more than seven decades returning to Midway Atoll ...

Long ago, Laysan finches, a native honeycreeper known for its brown and yellow plumage and varied songs, were found throughout the Hawaiian islands. Today, however, only about 18,000 of the endangered ...