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The Maui ʻākepa, a Hawaiian honeycreeper thought to be extinct. Photo: Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey
October 8, 2021
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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.

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