{
  "id": 2472289,
  "title": "Midway Atoll eradicated invasive rats; petrels rebounded to 135,000+ pairs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/midway-atoll-eradicated-invasive-rats-petrels-rebounded-to-135-000",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-21T19:40:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/midway-atoll-eradicated-invasive-rats-after-bonin-petrels-had-fallen-to-fewer-than-5000-nesting-pairs-by-2008-the-seabird-colony-had-rebounded-to-more-than-135000-pairs/articleshow/133413064.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Invasive rats were removed from Midway Atoll, which had devastated native seabird populations. Bonin petrel numbers surged from under five thousand to over one hundred thirty-five thousand pairs. This eradication effort also allowed native vegetation to recover and stabilize the fragile islands. However, invasive house mice later emerged as a new threat to nesting albatrosses. Strict biosecurity…",
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  "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."
}