The Curse of Palmyra Island - Article about the aura of the islands in the light of past events and visitors' travelogues. Includes excerpts about the ownership of the island.
Palmyra Atoll - The Nature Conservancy's introduction to their purchase to preserve fauna and flora of the atoll. With timeline, illustrations.
Palmyra Atoll: Rainforest of the Sea - A webcast photographic expedition to Palmyra Atoll, 1000 miles south of Hawaii. Features history and photography and video of coral reefs and Palmyra's wildlife.
United States v. Fullard-Leo, 331 U.S. 256 (1947) - Supreme Court's 1947 decision rejecting the government's 1939 claim to the atoll after review of the occupany of the uninhabited island in the last hundred years.