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US military's attempt to retain strategic land for training runs into Native Hawaiian opposition
The U.S. military wants to continue live-fire training at Pohakuloa, a high-altitude plateau on Hawaii’s Big Island ...
Team of Hawaii students collaborate with scientists to draft endangered Palila bird genome
The palila once existed throughout the entire island chain. Now the species can only be found on a small region of Mauna Kea ...
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Big Island students produce first-ever draft genome of endangered palila
Big Island students produce first-ever draft genome of endangered palila - Hawaii News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald ...
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Hawai‘i students partner with conservation professionals to produce first-ever draft genome of critically endangered Palila
In a landmark collaboration between science and education, six Hawaiʻi high school students have successfully produced the ...
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Hawaiian crow that went extinct in wild released on Maui
The Hawaiian crows, or alala, were last found on Hawaii’s Big Island, but they went extinct in the wild in 2002, officials with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said in a statement. The birds ...
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Should grizzly bears be delisted from the Endangered Species List? | Vox
Conservative attacks on the Endangered Species Act — and the unlikely strategy to de-politicize the Endangered Species List.
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Experts deploy mosquito-delivering drones for critical mission in Hawaiian wilderness: 'One of the more challenging environments in the world'
"These drone and mosquito suppression advancements have come just in time." Experts deploy mosquito-delivering drones for ...