native species

The National Park Service plans on releasing infertile male mosquitoes to reduce avian malaria on Maui. The federal agency will host virtual public meetings in January to explain its plans.

The DLNR is hosting an art contest for a new license stamp. Artists can submit entries for either the Hawai’i wildlife conservation or the game bird stamp.

The “Birds, Not Mosquitoes” initiative traps and studies mosquitos that infect native birds with avian malaria. The team is currently surveying high elevation areas on Hawaiʻi Island, because climate change induced warming means mosquitoes have moved higher into areas with native birds.

Seabird fallout season is upon us. The Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center is asking the Oʻahu community to help deliver fallen seabirds to a hospital.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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…

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…