Unfortunately, due to habitat loss; non-native predators, like rats and mongoose; and diseases, such as avian malaria, many of Hawaiʻi’s native birds are now critically endangered.

But Hawaii, which was once a bird paradise, is now the bird extinction capital of the world, he said, with many more bird species on the brink due to habitat loss, ...

The lab-raised, non-biting male mosquitoes are meant to breed with the invasive ones on the islands and produce sterile eggs that will help suppress avian malaria ...

Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ultraviolet (UV) light, a new study found.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delisting 21 species — including eight Hawaii bird species — from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction.