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Posts by Darcy Pattison

Magazine Mountain shagreen snail via USFWS
Blogs | Aug 28, 2012

Magazine Mountain shagreen snail is winning race against extinction

The Magazine Mountain shagreen snail may soon become the first invertebrate to be removed from the Endangered Species List. Read the success story here.

Midway albatrosses and debris in 2008 (Wiki Commons)
Blogs | Mar 11, 2012

Where is the Japanese tsunami debris? Only the albatrosses know

As of early March 2012, debris from the March 11, 2011 tsunami in Japan had not reached Midway Atoll beaches, according to a wildlife biologist there.

Wisdom and new chick.  Image credit: J. Klavitter
Blogs | Mar 06, 2012

Two famous albatross chicks on Midway Atoll in 2012

Two famous albatross chicks are thriving on Midway Atoll in 2012.