Far from the zoos where they were raised, the sihek’s home is now within the tropical forests of Palmyra Atoll, an island in the Pacific Ocean approximately 3,600 miles southeast from Guam.

All nine Guam kingfishers released on Palmyra Atoll last September are alive and thriving in their new environment, marking a ...

But the atoll is far from unspoiled, Mordecai continues. “The most human impact it’s had was during World War II when there were about 2,400 troops.” Considering the brevity of the soldiers’ ...

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