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Conservation personnel pay homage to the last ‘akikiki in the wild

Despite the existence of one, two, or three ‘akikiki remaining in the wild, the forest bird species is considered functionally extinct.

Mayor Roth proclaims 2024 ‘The Year of the Forest Bird’ in Hawai‘i County

Hawai‘i is experiencing a bird extinction crisis, with roughly two-thirds of its known native manu nahele species having become extinct.

Hawai‘i Unites files appeal in effort to stop release of mosquitoes in East Maui

The environmental nonprofit Hawai‘i Unites has filed an appeal for their case against the State of Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Land and Natural Resources to stop the release of mosquitoes in East Maui and require an environmental impact statement and comprehensive studies of the risks of the project.

Draft environmental assessment released for using modified mosquitoes to save native birds on Kauaʻi

The draft environmental assessment was made public for the use of Wolbachia-based incompatible male mosquitoes on Kauaʻi to stop the spread of avian malaria that is decimating native forest bird populations.

Comment period ends soon about mosquito ‘birth control’ to combat avian malaria

The public has until Friday, Dec. 30, to comment on a request from the state to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for an emergency exemption from the federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

Survival of 4 Hawaiian Honeycreepers in Jeopardy, Extinction Study Shows

A new extinction study shows some species of the native Hawaiian honeycreepers could vanish in two years.