Entries tagged 'Northwest Hawaiian Islands'

Soon Open for Business: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument

Midway Island was the site of a key battle in World War II that turned the course of the war in the Pacific. Since then, this sleepy outpost in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands has hosted mainly critters and a small...

National Geo: New Hawaii Species Gallery from Big Expedition

The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are technically part of the Hawaiian Archipelago but might as well be on another planet. These tiny, low-lying islands are hundreds of miles from the main islands and are completely uninhabited, save for scads of critters....