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Endangered Hawaiian birds find new home in Kauai taro patch
LIHUE (HawaiiNewsNow) - A taro patch at Kauai Community College has become a hot spot for endangered Hawaiian birds. Six alae ula, or Hawaiian moorhen chicks, hatched there just this month ...
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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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The race to protect Hawaii’s native forest birds from extinction
Hawaiian honeycreepers are an integral part of native ecosystems and Hawaiian culture. Some birds, like the iiwi (left), developed long, curved bills to sip nectar out of crescent-shaped flowers ...
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21 U.S. Animals, Plants Declared Extinct
WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized a rule removing 21 species from the list of threatened and endangered ... and stop the spread of alien invasive species. The Hawaiian ...