To prove that he was right—that Yamamoto was planning to attack Midway—Rochefort convinced the Navy to send a false message about a disabled water plant on the island. In intercepting and ...

Standing on a pristine beach on Midway Island, Obama recognized both the historical and ecological significance of the six-mile-long atoll northwest of Hawaii. "Let me start by saying that this ...

The title of this article refers to Midway Atoll as an "Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier," but as many know, Midway isn't a ship — it's an island. The term "Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier" refers to any ...

KAHULUI–A team of twelve from the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project (PMDP), a Hawai’i-based non-profit organization, returned to Honolulu, having conducted their first of three marine ...

Wieteke Holthuijzen received funding for research from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Northern Illinois University, Sigma Xi, and Island Conservation.

From then, the chicks spend six months on the islands of the Midway Atoll, growing and learning to fly. The massive seabirds spend their lives on their wings, soaring up to 500 miles a day and ...

From then, the chicks spend six months on the islands of the Midway Atoll, growing and learning to fly. The massive seabirds — some have wingspans of up to 12 feet — spend their lives on their ...

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MIDWAY ATOLL — President Barack Obama strolled across this small scratch of sand in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on Thursday and looked out over the largest protected area on the planet ...

During WWII — just six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor — Japanese warplanes attacked the Midway Atoll, a tiny group of islands about 1,300 miles northwest of Honolulu and roughly ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — According to a Hawaiian Airlines spokesperson, Flight HA460 — carrying 12 crew members and 67 passengers — made an emergency landing at Midway Atoll on Friday, Sept.