• Samoan youth in traditional clothing.

    National Park of American Samoa

    American Samoa

Nature Study

King-Fisher
Kingfisher bird, "Tiotala"
NPS
The park has outstanding opportunities to observe animals and plants associated with an island paleotropical rainforest ecosystems and associated fringing coral reefs. The park is rich in its biodiversity. Explore the Nature and Science sections of this website for in-depth comment and species lists.

Did You Know?

Pola Islands are a dominant feature of Tutuila Island’s rugged north coastline

American Samoa, the only U.S. territory south of the equator, consists of five rugged, highly eroded volcanic islands and two coral atolls. The land area of the territory is 76 square miles.