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The released crows would come from a captive population of 120 birds housed at two conservation breeding facilities managed by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance on Maui and the Big Island.

Fur or scales? With the myriad of creatures and critters housed at the Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo and Gardens, visitors are bound to have a favorite among the 225 residents. Let us know which animal is your favorite by taking Big Island Now Poll #20.

The Hawai’i State Division of Forestry and Wildlife and the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance are conducting simultaneous research on the Big Island to study the range and behaviors of the ‘io, also known as the Hawaiian hawk. 

The ʻio or Hawaiian Hawk will be removed from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife on Feb. 3, 2020.

Efforts continue to reintroduce rare crow species to native forests on Hawai’i Island.

Io, the innermost of Jupiter’s four large “Galilean” moons, is the only known place in the solar system with volcanoes erupting extremely hot lava like that seen on Earth.

One of the endangered birds has recovered and been released, while the other is still under treatment at a Kailua-Kona animal sanctuary.