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 Species Act due ...

Lisa “Kali” Crampton, a conservation biologist, feels a mix of sadness and hope when it comes to the impending loss of the akikiki, or Kauai creeper, from the isle’s forests. The akikiki, or ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - This year, the aikikiki could become functionally extinct. “The imminent extinction of Akikiki and other Hawaiian honeycreepers will be a huge loss culturally and ...

Looking to inform the conservation of critically endangered bird species, University of Utah biologists completed an analysis identifying traits that correlate with all 216 bird extinctions since 1500 ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A fern species that was believed to be extinct when the last known specimen died on Hawaii’s Big Island has been found on the island of Kauai. The native pendant kihi fern, which ...

(NEXSTAR) — Nearly two dozen species from 16 states that were listed as endangered have been delisted — but not because they’ve rebounded. Instead, the change in status is due to extinction. Two years ...

LIHUE — Forest bird conservationists on Kaua‘i are now combating both invasive species and growing pessimism, as environmentalists fear this field season may mark the last time they see ‘akikiki in ...

Lisa “Kali” Crampton, a conservation biologist, feels a mix of sadness and hope when it comes to the impending loss of the ‘akikiki, or Kaua‘i creeper, from the isle’s forests.

The poouli, or Melamprosops phaeosoma, was a stocky Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to Maui. It is one of the eight Hawaiian bird species the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delisting from the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delisting 21 species — including eight Hawaii bird species — from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction. USFWS officials said Monday that based on rigorous ...