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We Do Practically Nothing To Control Wild Cats Threatening Rare Seals And Birds Courtesy: Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project

We Do Practically Nothing To Control Wild Cats Threatening Rare Seals And Birds

While Hawaii’s animal rights and environmental groups are sharply divided on solutions, there’s little government support even for steps the two sides agree on.

Corals Are Dying At Hawaii’s Most Popular Snorkeling Spot Courtesy: Keisha Bahr

Corals Are Dying At Hawaii’s Most Popular Snorkeling Spot

Climate change is heating the ocean and causing stronger and longer coral bleaching events at Hanauma Bay.

Bret Yager: Scientists Race To Help Hawaii Corals Survive Division of Aquatic Resources

Bret Yager: Scientists Race To Help Hawaii Corals Survive

Some corals are starting to rebound on their own and scientists have plans to help other species survive global warming.

In Search of Hawaii’s Mysterious False Killer Whales Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

In Search of Hawaii’s Mysterious False Killer Whales

A team of researchers sets sail to learn more about聽the plight of rare dolphins who have been known to share their food with humans.

Are Hawaii’s Wind Farms Killing Too Many Hoary Bats? Forest and Kim Starr

Are Hawaii’s Wind Farms Killing Too Many Hoary Bats?

Wind farm operators have agreed to pay for research into the impact of their facilities on Hawaii’s endangered hoary bat.

Documents Reveal New Details In Albatross Massacre Lindsay Young, Pacific Rim Conservation

Documents Reveal New Details In Albatross Massacre

A defense attorney’s court filings include the identities of two people who were charged as juveniles in the slaughter.

Denby Fawcett: Why Are Kaena Point Albatross Killers Still Free? Courtesy: Pacific Rim Conservation

Denby Fawcett: Why Are Kaena Point Albatross Killers Still Free?

The suspects have long been known to the Honolulu prosecutor’s office, but no arrests have been made more than 10 months after the slaughter.

69 Percent Of Voters Want Feral Cats Removed From Hawaii Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

69 Percent Of Voters Want Feral Cats Removed From Hawaii

There are hundreds of thousands in the islands and they pose a threat to native species, especially monk seals.

Species Added To Endangered List Courtesy: David Eickhoff/Flickr

Species Added To Endangered List

The federal government has determined that another聽39 plants and 10 animals warrant protections under the Endangered Species Act.

Hawaii’s Honeycreeper May Get Federal Protection Courtesy: Norman Chock

Hawaii’s Honeycreeper May Get Federal Protection

The iiwi, a bird once commonly found in the islands’ forests, may be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.