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Bird conservationists from across the islands share how their facilities were damaged during the storms, and what impact that had on their endangered bird populations

A seabird native to Hawaiʻi is flourishing in the middle of Honolulu's concrete towers, traffic-clogged roads and Waikīkī hotels. The number of adult breeding white terns has jumped more than 50% in the past decade to 3,600.

The Lyon Arboretum has lost a federal grant to digitize its collection of rare Hawaiian seeds; Honolulu celebrates the Manu-o-Kū

A new study directly looks at the effects of plastic in Maui’s ‘ua’u kani, also known as wedge-tailed shearwaters. The Conversation spoke to Nicole Mejia, a graduate student at Cornell University, and Scott Edwards, chair of the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.

The battle for survival with endangered species is a challenging one. But in the Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia, there's a success story. HPR's Derrick Malama has details in the Pacific News Minute.

Government contracting forum for local businesses; Audubon Society keeps its name and holds conference; Daughters of Hawaiʻi online auction; Hawaiʻi Book and Music Festival fundraiser with pianist Alpin Hong

Hawaiʻi State Archives digitizes papers dating to the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy; Earth Day: NASA satellites shape our world; Oli, chants created to share mo’olelo, the story of our birds

Former Gov. Neil Abercrombie reflects on whether the OHA Kakaʻako Makai settlement ought to be renegotiated; Maui County's mayor shares plans to address community needs; HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote talks about hydropower as an energy source; and Hawaiʻi's Public Access Room supports public participation in lawmaking

A veterinarian explains worrying news of increased avian influenza cases; A retired professor and community voices react to landslide win of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.; And a paramedic clinical coordinator shares the healing powers of a Windward lo'i, taro patch

A conservation team has been working to fight predation with traps and fencing around the ʻuaʻu's roughly 80-acre habitat on Lānaʻi. That effort is paying off, reports The Conversation's Savannah Harriman-Pote.