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.

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’ ...

Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, Wake Island and Navassa Island—are uninhabited outlying islands. This isn't the first time the U.S. has considered a takeover of Greenland. Then-Secretary of State ...