Cocos Island is a special area of wildlife conservation because it is home to the only wild population of the endangered ko’ko’, or Guam rail. One of the few remaining bird species endemic to ...

It was free from brown tree snakes for nearly 70 years, the resolution reads, until snakes were discovered on the island in January 2020. According to Haldre Rogers, who was the first U.S ...

Merizo is the closest southern village to Cocos Island, where the U.S. Coast Guard operated a long-range navigation station, or LORAN, from 1944 to 1963. It was disestablished in 1965.

Eradicating the brown tree snakes that have invaded Cocos Island could set an example for how Guam and the rest of the world could handle invasive species, Diane Vice, Wildlife Supervisor at the ...

Merizo is the closest southern village to Cocos Island, where the U.S. Coast Guard operated a long-range navigation station, or LORAN, from 1944 to 1963. It was disestablished in 1965.

Follow-up investigation of PCB and other chemical contamination in and around Cocos Island continues this year, including analysis of water samples taken in 2017.

Follow-up investigation of PCB and other chemical contamination in and around Cocos Island continues this year, including analysis of water samples taken in 2017.