Anacapa Island, California
Thousands of birds use Anacapa Island as a nesting area due to its natural lack of predators. But invasive, nonnative black rats were inadvertently brought to Anacapa in the 1940s aboard ships traveling to the islands...
Hawadax Island, Alaska
For centuries, Hawadax Island in the western Aleutian Islands was known as Rat Island due to the presence of invasive Norway Rats that dominated the island and destroyed native seabird populations. But, following removal of invasive rats in 2008, biologists have documented that seabirds are returning to the island...
San Nicolas Island, California
San Nicolas Island supports a large and healthy population of a unique fox subspecies found nowhere else in the world. The island’s natural vegetation, once common throughout California, is now restricted to the most remote or protected corners of the state, such as San Nicolas...
Lehua Island, Hawai'i
High offshore islands like Lehua are critically important to the long-term conservation of threatened species in Hawai'i, as they are less likely to be affected by increases in sea level associated with climate change...
Palmyra Atoll, Line Islands
Palmyra Atoll has one of the best remaining examples of a tropical coastal strand forest found in the Pacific and one of the last predator-dominated marine ecosystems in the world. Many nationally and internationally threatened, endangered, and depleted species thrive at Palmyra Atoll, including sea turtles, pearl oysters, giant clams, reef sharks, coconut crabs, a large diversity of fish, and more...
Kaho‘olawe Island, Hawai‘i
Kaho'olawe Island historically supported many of Hawai'i’s native plants and animals, as well as a thriving culture—especially in ocean navigation. However, invasive species present on the island have destroyed native plant and animal populations and disrupted cultural practices...
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