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Scientists Release Five Hawaiian Crows on Maui, Giving the Imperiled Birds a Second Chance—on a New Island
For Keanini Aarona, an avian recovery specialist at Maui Bird Conservation Center, it holds a special significance to care for ‘alalā, according to a statement from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife ...
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The race to protect Hawaii’s native forest birds from extinction
and can be critical to saving Hawaii’s last forest birds. When male and female mosquitoes have matching Wolbachia strains, the sperm and egg are like connecting puzzle pieces that result in ...
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Hawaii Health Department launches survey on avian influenza
The Hawaii Department of Health is inviting Hawaii residents with backyard flocks or involved in bird rescues to participate ...
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Officials confirm bird flu outbreak in Hawaii
Bird flu has spread to Hawaii for the first time ever amid growing concerns the virus could soon learn to jump between humans. Ducks and geese on a backyard farm on the island of Oahu, home of the ...
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Birds were critical factor in natural history of the islands
STANTON FINK illustration For millennia, before humans ever set foot in Hawaii, birds ruled the islands. From mountaintop to shoreline, the feathered filled the forests, grasslands, wetlands and ...
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Legal Victory for Imperiled Hawaiian Honeycreepers
For some species a single bite from an infected mosquito means certain death. Many of these birds are on the verge of extinction in the wild. Maui’s endemic forest birds are facing an immediate ...