The nene, the world’s rarest goose, was once abundant across the Hawaiian Islands. Yet by the time it was listed in 1967 due to hunting and introduced predators, the nene teetered on the edge of ...

The nene is a medium-sized goose that’s native to Hawaii. Part of a path in the park has been closed because of dogs bothering the nene nest, Friends of Lili’uokalani Gardens wrote on Facebook.

A pair of nene allow some Kihei visitors a bit of bird- watching in 2013. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to downlist the Hawaiian goose, or nene, from “endangered” to ...

Lerma said the nene population on the Big Island has not significantly increased over the past few years, and that other threats to the goose remain a concern. In particular, Lerma mentioned the ...