{
  "id": 10512968,
  "title": "Rats ruled Palmyra Atoll for 70 years; after a sling-and-helicopter bait drop, its native tree seedlings went over 7,700",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/rats-ruled-palmyra-atoll-for-70-years-after-a-sling-and-helicopter",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T18:49:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/rats-ruled-palmyra-atoll-for-70-years-after-a-sling-and-helicopter-bait-drop-its-native-tree-seedlings-went-over-7700-101790588455972.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rats arrived on Palmyra Atoll in the 1940s and blocked native trees. After a 2011 bait drop using slings and helicopters, seedlings returned.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}