In 1958, Clipperton Island was a very different place from the huge seabird colony it would later become. The tiny Pacific atoll had once supported thousands of breeding birds, but decades of human occupation had left a heavy mark.

In a groundbreaking case of conservation, the removal of invasive pigs from Clipperton Island in 1958 led to a remarkable increase in seabird populations, from 650 to 137,000,…

In 1958, Clipperton Island was a very different place from the huge seabird colony it would later become. The tiny Pacific atoll had once supported thousands of breeding birds,…