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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced technical corrections for 60 endangered or threatened species in the Pacific Islands. The changes include the correct usage of ʻokina and kahakō in Hawaiian species names.

About $14 million to address avian malaria and save native birds has been released from the federal infrastructure bill signed by President Biden in November 2021. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz has more.

A nonprofit organization is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for allegedly failing to protect endangered native Hawaiian species.

Federal agencies are seeking public feedback on a proposal to develop a management plan for the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awarding over $20 million to 25 wetland ecosystem conservations — including two in Hawaiʻi. The state Department of Natural Resources is providing matching funds for both projects.

You often hear about how bright artificial lights can affect fledgling seabirds, but did you know they can also disorient newly hatched sea turtles? The Conversation's Catherine Cruz has more.

When invasive rats were removed from Palmyra Atoll, about 1,000 miles south of Hawaiʻi, another species proliferated — crowding out native trees. Conservationists working to restore balance in the rainforest recently announced they're halfway there. Stefan Kropidlowski from the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument shared the herculean volunteer effort to control coconut trees on the atoll.

There's a community effort to restore and preserve a natural sand dune on Oʻahu's North Shore. The area is not only home to seals and sea turtles, but a growing albatross colony.

The U.S. government on Wednesday declared 23 birds, fish and other species extinct. Hawaiʻi has the most species on the list — eight woodland birds and one plant. That's in part because the islands have so many plants and animals that many have extremely small ranges and can blink out quickly.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering downlisting the Hawaiian stilt, or ae’o, from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act.