Hawaii's native forest birds face an even bigger threat from something much, much smaller: mosquitoes. Thanks to warmer temperatures, the biting pests now move into higher elevation habits.

Emma Shelly, Outreach Manager of “Birds Not Mosquitoes,” joins us on the show to promote the new film “Vanishing Voices.” This is a documentary making its debut next Monday on ...

Nonprofits are doing what they can to fill pukas left by the widespread firings, but they don't have the resources to match ...

Native Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are being wiped out by avian malaria. Scientists think they can battle the problem by ...

With many of Hawaiʻi’s forest birds facing extinction, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo biology professor Patrick Hart is employing a mix of high-tech tools and Native Hawaiian traditions to ...

“Seeing students share their voices to talk about the importance of native birds in Hawaiʻi is so inspiring,” said Dr. Josh Atwood, Information and Education Specialist for DOFAW.

Oct. 17—The eight Hawaiian bird species are all forest honeycreepers. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delisting 21 species—including eight Hawaii bird species—from the Endangered ...

Today, 17 are on the edge of extinction. On Maui, the second-largest of the Hawaiian islands, parts of the native forest are at elevations too cold for mosquitoes to survive.

The Native Hawaiian Community has revered these species for centuries and has sustainably gathered and used their feathers in the making of capes, helmets, leis and cloaks.

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delisting 21 species — including eight Hawaii bird species — from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction.

“Most of these extinct birds are Hawaiian species that were unique to those islands,” said Michael Parr, president of the American Bird Conservancy, in a statement. “It’s a tremendous loss.