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Island Conservation
Islands are biodiversity hotspots, yet the decline of island species is more rapid than anywhere else in the world. Island species have evolved over thousands of years in isolation, leading to a high proportion of island-endemic (found nowhere else in the world) species. These animals have often evolved without predators and therefore without defensive mechanisms […]
Two Guam Rail chicks hatched at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and conservationists are looking forward to the day they can be released into the wild. Conservationists are celebrating two new Guam Rail hatchlings that were born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) earlier this month. The species is classified as Extinct-in-the-Wild according to the […]
A total of 11 Alalā are flying free in the forests of Hawai’i after 15 years of conservation efforts and multiple attempts to return the birds to the wild. The Hawaiian Crow, also known as the Alalā, has been Extinct-in-the-wild since 2002, but after two recent releases, 11 individuals now fly free. The Alalā were driven […]
Hawaiian Crow deaths prompt conservationists to return remaining individuals to captivity. Five male Hawaiian Crows, also known as Alalā, were released from captivity into the Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve in December. This was part of a recovery program that was 15 years in the making to return the native Hawaiian crow to its natural habit […]
After 14 years of conservation, five Hawaiian Crow males are released back into the wild. The Hawaiian Crow, or Alalā, has been Extinct-in-the-wild since 2002, but after years of conservation and captive breeding, five male crows have been released in the Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve on the Big Island last Wednesday. These five birds […]
Hawaiian Crows, also known as Alalā, will soon be released back into their native Hawaiian habitat after a 14-year process of captive breeding. Conservation biologists only want the best for the Hawaiian Crow, also known as Alalā. Protecting the Hawaiian Crow includes providing adequate habitat for their reintroduction to the Hawaiian forest. The species has […]