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How a Hawaiian High School Student Inspired Nine New State Animals
What do nine Hawaiian snails have in common with the Texas longhorn, the Florida panther and the California grizzly bear? They’re all U.S. state animals. And the snails hold another notable ...
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‘It’s so bad.’ Hawaii’s first cases of avian flu confirmed at Wahiawa duck rescue
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii News Now has learned where ... Twenty rescued waterfowl were found dead with 13 wild zebra birds. Then the state agriculture department decided to put down ...
Think pink: why Florida needs the flamingo as state bird | Opinion
Two conservationists with the Flamingo Working Group write that the American flamingo — a long lost Florida native that is ...
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The race to protect Hawaii’s native forest birds from extinction
Olelo noeau (Hawaiian proverbs) reference birds in describing love ... On Maui, approximately 64,000 acres of federal, state and privately managed lands have been identified as a proposed project ...
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Demand skyrocketing for local eggs
Demand for local eggs in Hawaii has skyrocketed as a shortage persists across the U.S. due to continual outbreaks of bird flu ...
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Back From the Brink, Hawaii’s Nene Goose a Recovery Success Story
The nene, the world’s rarest goose, was once abundant across the Hawaiian Islands. Yet by the time it was listed in 1967 due to hunting and introduced predators, the nene teetered on the edge of ...
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Biologists try to beat the clock to save Maui’s endangered birds
State and federal officials are proposing ... conservation agencies as a way to prevent the extinction of Hawaii’s native forest birds as they fall victim to disease. If the Hawaiian ...