Many of the plants that are endemic to Hawaii (found here and nowhere ... The moa-nalo are among 77 species of Hawaiian birds that have become extinct in the last 700 years, thanks to invasive ...

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 ...

Hawaiian forest birds are among the most imperiled groups of birds in the world. Some 68% of Hawai‘i’s known endemic bird species have already gone extinct because of habitat loss, disease and ...

Maui’s endemic forest birds are facing an immediate extinction ... additional work continues in a rush against the clock to save Hawai‘i’s forest birds across the Hawaiian islands. The Center for ...

Today, 1,314 bird species are at risk of extinction ... Many species, such as the 'Akikiki (Oreomystis bairdi), endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai, are so rare that they are functionally ...

Biologists have identified common features in species that have vanished since 1500, finding that large body size and specialised niches made birds vulnerable to extinction.