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The species has been extinct in the wild since 2002 ... For Keanini Aarona, an avian recovery specialist at Maui Bird Conservation Center, it holds a special significance to care for ‘alalā ...

Five Hawaiian crows were released back into nature for the first time on Maui. Researchers said the bird, known as the alala, went extinct in the wild in 2002. They were last found on Hawaii’s ...

The Hawaiian crows, or alala, were last found on Hawaii’s Big Island, but they went extinct in the wild in 2002 ... in a social group at Keauhou and Maui Bird conservation centers to establish ...