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Nine Endangered Species In Hawaiʻi Likely Extinct

Hawaiʻi has long been considered the endangered species capital of the world, as the Islands are home to hundreds of endangered and threatened plants and animals. On Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed delisting nine more Hawaiʻi species from the Endangered Species Act—meaning, wildlife officials will stop searching for them. The nine—eight birds […]

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Hawaii’s State Bird No Longer Endangered

Good news for the nene, or Hawaiian goose: It is no longer on the brink of extinction. In a ceremony at Honouliuli National Historic Site on Oahu on Sunday, state officials and U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that the official state bird of Hawaii is now considered a threatened species under the

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