Seventy-one bird species have disappeared forever since people first arrived on the Hawaiian Islands one thousand seven hundred years ago.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

More than one third of all threatened or endangered bird species in America live on the Hawaiian Islands.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

Farther out, we reach the bird nesting grounds on the barrier islands.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

"As you're hearing my words as I'm speaking, your brain is processing those words, and we think analogous to what's going on in the bird, there's genes in particular areas of your brain, that are being expressed very rapidly or decreased very rapidly to allow you to process that information."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05