Photograph showing the impact of a large wave at the south shore of Laysan Island, with endangered Laysan teal in the foreground.
Location: Laysan Islands (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands).
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Subfossil remains indicate that the Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis) formerly occurred throughout the Hawaiian archipelago, but for more than 150 years it has been confined to a single, small atoll in the northwestern chain, Laysan Island. In 2004–2005, 42 ducks were reintroduced from Laysan to Midway Atoll, where they exhibited variation in life history never observed on Laysan. On Laysan, females
Photograph showing the impact of a large wave at the south shore of Laysan Island, with endangered Laysan teal in the foreground.
Location: Laysan Islands (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands).
Photograph showing the impact of a large wave at the south shore of Laysan Island, with endangered Laysan teal in the foreground.
Location: Laysan Islands (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands).
Male Laysan duck (Anas Laysanensis) at Midway Atoll, Hawai‘i
Male Laysan duck (Anas Laysanensis) at Midway Atoll, Hawai‘i
Subfossil remains indicate that the Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis) formerly occurred throughout the Hawaiian archipelago, but for more than 150 years it has been confined to a single, small atoll in the northwestern chain, Laysan Island. In 2004–2005, 42 ducks were reintroduced from Laysan to Midway Atoll, where they exhibited variation in life history never observed on Laysan. On Laysan, females
Photograph showing the impact of a large wave at the south shore of Laysan Island, with endangered Laysan teal in the foreground.
Location: Laysan Islands (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands).
Photograph showing the impact of a large wave at the south shore of Laysan Island, with endangered Laysan teal in the foreground.
Location: Laysan Islands (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands).
Male Laysan duck (Anas Laysanensis) at Midway Atoll, Hawai‘i
Male Laysan duck (Anas Laysanensis) at Midway Atoll, Hawai‘i