Natural History Wanderings

National Geographic  has a story on how bird droppings led to the  Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. The demand for bird droppings for use as fertilizer led to the U.S. taking possession of these remote islands in the 19th century. The recent expansion of the Marine National monument increase its size by over six times its previous size to 490,0000 square miles.

Read the story at Bird Droppings Led to U.S. Possession of Newly Protected Pacific Islands.