An endangered finch is once again calling Kuaihelani, also known as the Midway Atoll, home after being away from its home for 80 years. On July 21 and July 22, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff and ...

Researchers have devised an unusual way to battle a recurring problem that has cost a diversity of birds in the Hawaiian rainforests.

To save a population of songbirds from extinction, millions of mosquitoes are being released into mountainous Hawaiian ...

What’s your guess for Earth’s most isolated island? It’s not Hawaii. It’s not Fiji. In fact, if you’re thinking beaches, palm ...

Weighing less than a golf ball and merely six inches in length, the Inaccessible Island rail is the world's smallest flightless bird.

Bird Island used to be separated from Sunset Beach by Mad Inlet, but hurricanes closed the inlet in 1999. Now, it is possible to walk from Sunset Beach to Bird Island without crossing a body of water.

It's that time of year again on the Big Island, when helicopters buzz overhead and hiking trails go silent—all in the name of saving a small yellow bird that's become the David in an epic battle ...

Black-winged white stilts wade through a salt pan, plunging their beaks into the water in search for food at the Kalloni bay on the Greek island of Lesbos, as bird-lovers watch through binoculars ...

The Hawai‘i Board on Geographic Names is scheduled to vote in its upcoming June meeting on its proposal, first floated in March 2024, to change the official name of the largest island in the ...

A new proposal before the Hawaii Board on Geographic Names would officially change the island’s name to simply “Hawaii,” aligning it with the rest of the islands in the state.

Have you ever heard of The Brunswick Islands, North Carolina? Think barrier islands, salt marshes, miles of pristine beaches, seafood, and a relaxed Southern pace.

HAWAII ISLAND, Hawaii (Island News) -- Could the Island of Hawaii get a shorter name this year? Well that all comes down to a meeting on June 11 and those in charge want to hear from you.