less diverse as we continue to let species go extinct," Seidl says. Ultimately, the hope is that Hawaii's honeycreepers will develop immunity to avian malaria, as birds in other places have done.

Mosquitoes aren't native to Hawaii. They carry avian malaria. And honeycreepers, tiny birds that are found only ... There used to be more than 50 species of honeycreepers. Today, 17 are on the ...

Hunting, habitat destruction and the introduction of non-native species doomed ... islands of Mauritius and Hawaii, where all or almost all the native frugivores — birds that eat fruit ...

Woolly mammoths, Tasmanian tigers, not-really-dire wolves – increasingly, genomics has revealed itself as a major potential ...

Hawaii’s congressional delegation is pushing the Navy to provide more information on its plan to more than double bombardment ...

This rare, intelligent species of crow is taking flight in Hawaii again For the first time in years, a rare bird is flying free in the forests of Hawaii. The ʻalalā is a species of crow found ...

lava tube caves and crater lake beds in their effort to illuminate Hawaii's splendid isolationist past. Out of this they have gleaned numerous bird genera and at least 50 extinct species new to ...

Only 17 species of honeycreeper are left, with some expected to go extinct in the wild as soon as this year. The 'i'iwi is one of Hawaii's honeycreepers, forest birds that are found nowhere else.

For the first time in years, a rare bird is flying free in the forests of Hawaii. The ʻalalā is a species of crow found only on the Hawaiian Islands, one that holds an important place in Native ...