Midway Atoll eradicated invasive rats after Bonin petrels had fallen to fewer than 5,000 nesting pairs; by 2008 the seabird colony had rebounded to more than 135,000 pairs

• According to long-term conservation research and field reports from the U.
• Fish and Wildlife Service, the rat eradication removed a major threat that had pushed the island’s burrowing seabird colonies close to collapse.