As with many other diseases, mosquitoes are significant vector in the transmission of avian malaria between the birds. The invasive southern house mosquito is currently the biggest threat to Hawaii’s ...

“Recent climate changes have allowed mosquitoes and associated avian malaria to start invading ... source of food for native bats, birds or other insects in Hawaii, so the project is not ...

The final necropsy is pending, but preliminary tests suggest the birds died from avian malaria, “one of the major killers of forest birds in Hawaii and ... that “the mosquito line is moving ...

which spread avian malaria. Helicopters are being used to spread a bacterium in forests that suppress the growth of the ...

It’s a familiar story: Roads, homes and ranchland have replaced much of the birds’ forest habitat. Also, introduced predators such as rats and mongooses go after their nests. But by far the most ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Avian influenza is spreading in the islands for the first time and Hawaii Department of Agriculture officials said Hawaii is the ... and especially extremely devastating to the ...

Authorities in Hawaii are warning residents who attended a local pet fair to watch for symptoms of avian influenza after a local flock of ducks and other birds tested positive for the H5N1 virus ...

WAHIAWA, Hawaii (Island News) -- Susan Wilkinson is heartbroken after the state euthanized more than 70 birds living at her duck sanctuary in Wahiawa. This, after Hawaii's first cases of avian flu ...

With its fiery-red body, quick black wings, and long, curved, salmon-colored bill, the 'i'iwi — or scarlet Hawaiian honeycreeper — is one of the most recognizable birds of Hawaii ... The spread of ...