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.

Researchers have devised an unusual way to battle a recurring problem that has cost a diversity of birds in the Hawaiian rainforests.

HONOLULU (KITV) — Alarming statistics for Hawaii’s native forest bird species: nearly half of them are now extinct. Of the dozens of species left, half are now threatened or endangered. But it ...

Typically, male birds have more vivid colours than females. As Charles Darwin first explained, the most colourful males are ...

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.

HONOLULU (KITV) — Alarming statistics for Hawaii’s native forest bird species: nearly half of them are now extinct. Of the dozens of species left, half are now threatened or endangered. But it ...