The Center for Biological Diversity has filed suit against U.S. government agencies for failing to release public records on plans to land rockets at Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. More ...

Johnston Atoll is home to 14 tropical bird species. “The Department of the Air Force has elected to hold the preparation of the Johnston Atoll Environmental Assessment for a proposed rocket cargo ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Air Force has suspended plans it had proposed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, according to a report this ...

The military had been looking at a remote atoll in the Pacific Ocean as a location to land cargo-carrying rockets. The Air Force has stopped evaluating a unique wildlife refuge in the Pacific Ocean ...

It came as a horrifying surprise early one morning in Hawaii: A bright flash lit up the dark sky over Honolulu, and on the horizon, a central cloud climbed higher and higher. “I thought at once it ...

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Air Force has suspended plans it had proposed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, according to a report this week in ...

Given how underexplored the Pacific Ocean is, it is not surprising that new species are being discovered every time a manned or unmanned deep-water submersible is launched to document the species ...

HONOLULU — Scientists made new discoveries while recently diving to deep coral reefs in the remote atolls of northwest Hawaii. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument says a research expedition ...

Many different species of birds occupy Johnston Atoll — part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. Pictured is a masked booby and chick. “Landing massive rockets in one of the most ...