Native Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are being wiped out by avian malaria. Scientists think they can battle the problem by ...

This is the second of three parts, written by my daughter Melissa Grinley. Enjoy: That first morning on Kauai after arriving late the night before, I was pulled out of slumber by a high-pitched ...

We caught sight of more common birds, too, like nutmeg manikins bouncing around in the grass. I would have never noticed these tiny birds, which only grow to about four inches, without Silva ...

“We have five different endangered birds who call Hokuala home,” says Silva. “We have the Hawaiian nēnē goose, the Hawaiian coot, the common gallinule, Hawaiian stilts and Koloa Duck and ...

West Kauai’s Mana Plain is attracting larger numbers of native waterbirds and migratory shore birds than DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) biologist Jason Vercelli has ever seen in ...

LIHUE, Hawaii (KHON2) — Out in the wild, there are only five akikiki — a species of native Hawaiian honeycreeper — left, according to the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Justin ...

An endangered finch is once again calling Kuaihelani, also known as the Midway Atoll, home after being away from its home for ...

LIHUE (HawaiiNewsNow) - A taro patch at Kauai Community College has become a hot spot for endangered Hawaiian birds. Six alae ula, or Hawaiian moorhen chicks, hatched there just this month, and ...

Once, the rainforests of Kauai were filled with ‘akikiki—small, unassuming songbirds with gray feathers. But when humans arrived on the Hawaiian islands, they brought with them mosquitoes ...

Oct. 17—The eight Hawaiian bird species are all forest honeycreepers. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delisting 21 species—including eight Hawaii bird species—from the Endangered ...

The Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project is about to spray a microbial insecticide to control the spread of mosquitoes. It's to reduce avian malaria that's decimating the native bird population.

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.