The cluster of buildings in upcountry Maui is home to some of the rarest birds on the planet. There's the 'alalā, the Hawaiian crow, which is extinct in the wild. The calls of the chatty ...

One of the unique aspects of our modern era is the ability to preserve sights and sounds. While an animal’s extinction means ...

It's why dozens of Hawaii's birds have gone extinct. To avoid that fate, many remaining species have been brought into captivity, living in what are essentially isolated savings banks for ...

WASHINGTON >> The Dodo, the famous flightless bird that inhabited the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, is a case study in extinction caused by humans. The Dodo, finely adapted to its isolated ...

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.

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.

Hawaii's unique birds, known as honeycreepers, are being wiped out by mosquitoes carrying avian malaria. The birds' last hope could be more mosquitoes, designed to crash their own population.