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According to DLNR botanist Matt Kier, Hawaiʻi has the highest number of endangered plants compared to any other state — with over 400 species. The plants need urgent and direct intervention to have any chance of survival.
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The University of Hawaiʻi is growing a native plant in nurseries to prevent the species from going extinct. The Ka palupalu o Kanaloa was last sighted in the wild in 2015 on Kahoʻolawe.
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Spiders that look like clowns, lost their ability to spin a web, and have curly tails — Hawaiʻi has them all. More than 200 species of spiders live in the islands and half of them are found nowhere else in the world.
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Hawai?i has been called by some 'the endangered species capital of the world', but it may not be known as such for long. There is a group of people…
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The Palila bird is a small, unassuming bird with a magnificent golden crown and breast. Despite it's modest size, it is royalty among native species and…
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The Hoary Bat is Hawai?i's only native land mammal. It can be found throughout a variety of terrain and elevations, from sea level to the summits of…
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nce described as the most common native land bird to be found on the island, the O?ahu ?elepaio has now become an endangered species. Through the…
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The breeding cycle of the Hawaiian Hawk leaves it vulnerable to the decline that is faced by raptors the world over. The Io is now the subject of intense…
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What happens when two species humans are acting to preserve clash head on? This is the case with the Alala, the Hawaiian Crow, and the Io, the Hawaiian…
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When we think of forests under threat, we often think of the tropical rainforest; however, on the island of Hawai?i, it is the dryland forest that is far…