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Hanging by a Thread

With all but a quarter of Hawaii's native birds extinct or endangered, and its other species dying off faster than the dinosaurs, some island ecologists are risking their lives to save what's left

By Richard Stone and Gary Braasch
Feb 1, 2000 6:00 AMNov 12, 2019 5:19 AM

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Photographs by Gary braasch

PRECARIOUS PERCH:

On the southeast coast of Kauai, botanist Ken Wood searches for a native plant, the anaunau pepperwort, nearly driven to extinction by invasive species. Less than 200 specimens of the plant survive.

Lele au la, hokahoka wale ihoI fly away, leaving disappointment behind

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