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

Population of the ‘io, a medium-sized bird of prey endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, is estimated at about 3,000. According to the American Bird Conservancy, they breed only on the Island of Hawaii.

Hawaii's birds are going extinct. Their last hope could be millions of mosquitoes By Lauren Sommer, Ryan Kellman Published June 12, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT Listen • 8:01 Ryan Kellman / Ryan Kellman ...

Hawaii's unique birds, known as honeycreepers, are being wiped out by mosquitoes carrying avian malaria. The birds' last hope could be more mosquitoes, designed to crash their own population.

Hawaii's unique birds, known as honeycreepers, are being wiped out by mosquitoes carrying avian malaria. The birds' last hope could be more mosquitoes, designed to crash their own population.

Now, on a nearby island, the Maui Bird Conservation Center is fighting to keep the species alive by housing roughly 40 ‘akikiki and encouraging them to reproduce in captivity.

Hawaii Island Declares Itself Entirely Free of Rats—That Were Eating Its Birds Published Apr 22, 2021 at 10:29 AM EDT By Tom Batchelor Reporter ...

This photo taken in 2004, on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, shows a Hawaiian honeycreeper. A new study predicts climate change will accelerate the rate of extinctions of Hawaiian honeycreepers.

Moa-nalo are a group of flightless birds that lived in Hawaii for over 3 million years until humans arrived. They had large, massive turtlelike beaks, complete with teeth.

Among birds, Hawaii’s forest birds are something of an evolutionary novelty. More than 5 million years ago, a kind of Asian finch made its way across the ocean and settled on the island chain.