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This article reports on the decision by the government of Hawaii to switch to digital television faster than the rest of U.S. states in 2009. Officials recommended the shift. The government announced the move so the Hawaiian petrel's nesting season will not be disrupted by the destruction of analog transmission towers.

This section offers world news briefs. Japan plans to boost security around its embassy in London, England after an anti-whaling protester trespassed and chained himself to the embassy's balcony. A British expedition has rediscovered Beck's petrel, a rare sea bird not sighted since the 1920s and believed to be extinct, in waters off Papua New Guinea. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says China will stick with its strict family planning rules, specifically its one-child policy.

The article offers information regarding a study on predator-prey relationships conducted by the researchers of the University of Auckland. It states that the research work studied the impact of two predators, feral cats and kiore or Pacific rats on Cook's petrel. The researchers have revealed that rats have worse effect on petrels at higher elevations than at lower.

Reports on the use of sense of smell by low-flying petrels, to find food as they skim over water. Reaction of the birds to odors given off by ocean plants called phytoplankton; Information on the odor produced by the phytoplankton.