Bring back the seabirds, and the coral reefs follow

On Palmyra Atoll, a speck of islands south of Hawaii, tens of thousands of seabirds nest in the rainforest — and their droppings feed the forest, wash into the lagoon and nourish the reef beyond. Reporting for NPR, researchers and refuge manager Paige Mino describe a hopeful lesson: where seabirds were lost, restoring them restarts the whole chain of life, giving coral reefs a better chance against a warming ocean. Sometimes conservation's best tool has wings.