Our intern George Okongwu reflects on his time with ARC this past summer.

Our Executive Director Helen Raine and the team recently completed the Pacific Birds’ Strategic Plan for Hawai‘i Wetlands 2024. It will guide Pacific Birds’ work and help partners to prioritize actions at both the State and local level.

An endangered ʻuaʻu (Hawaiian Petrel) chick that was rescued by a team from Archipelago Research and Conservation (ARC) in the middle of October has been successfully released out to sea after 39 days of care by the Save Our Shearwaters (SOS) program.

Four active burrows of the rare Taʻiʻo (Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata) were discovered on two separate mountain peaks on Tutuila, American Samoa last month – the first time burrows of this species have been found on the island since 1986.

Did you know that there is a surprisingly close link between keeping our community safe from climate change and bird conservation?

A seabird restoration project was initiated this week at Nuʻalolo Kai on the rugged and remote Nā Pali coast of Kauaʻi. The project is a partnership of multiple organizations and aims to restore seabird populations that have been lost from the site due to introduced predators.

After 67 days of care by the Save Our Shearwaters (SOS) program, an endangered Ua’u (Hawaiian Petrel) that had been rescued from a flooded burrow flew safely out to sea late last week.

An endangered ‘A‘o (Newell’s Shearwater) was filmed this month trying to take off after being attracted to lights in Waimea and crash landing. The bird was subsequently rescued after staff from Archipelago Research and Conservation (ARC) spotted the bird through a thermal camera while it was climbing a fence in a bid to get airborne.

An endangered Ua’u, or Hawaiian Petrel was rescued from a flooded burrow in Hono o Nā Pali Natural Area Reserve late last week by a monitoring team from Archipelago Research and Conservation (ARC).

Watch VICE News cover Kaua‘i’s feral cat issue, featuring ARC’s Scientific Director, André Raine! We really love the animations. Please keep your cats indoors and respect native wildlife!

Helen and Andre Raine and artist Trysen (Tkay) Kaneshige spoke with Lexi Jones on HI95 Kauaʻi about Trysen’s work to share the ‘Cat Safe, Wildlife Safe’ message through art.

Local multimedia artist Trysen Kaneshige has spent the last two months painting larger-than-life murals of our native waterbirds and seabirds. The project, which was supported by the County of Kaua‘i’s ‘Rise to Work’ program, uses street art to introduce Kaua‘i residents to our endangered native birds, and to the idea that both cats and birds are protected when cats are kept indoors.

Andre and Helen join podcast host Nick Swick from the American Birding Association to share their experience of birding in Hawai’i, home to some of the world’s rarest birds.