About halfway between Hawai‘i and American Samoa lies Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Palmyra consists of a circular string of about 50 islets nestled among several lagoons and encircled by 15,000 acres of shallow turquoise reefs and deep blue submerged reefs. It is the northernmost atoll in the Line Islands in the equatorial Pacific.

Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Almost a year to the day since she laid her last egg, Wisdom has done it again! At almost 63, Wisdom is the oldest, banded wild bird in the world. Midway Atoll NWR is the nesting site for 71% of the world’s population of Laysan albatross.

Watch live video of Wisdom laying her egg: http://bit.ly/19kfDEy and view more photos of Wisdom, her mate, and her egg: http://bit.ly/1hAU1fs

Photo: Pete Leary/USFWS