As the Samoan rainforest dwindles, the region’s unique birds are slipping quickly into extinction. Voracious alien rats seek out eggs and nestlings, endangering creatures such as the elegant ...

Scientists in Samoa have issued a dire warning about the fate of the national bird, which features on the country's bank notes and coins. The manumea has been on the brink of extinction for ...

Army Capt. Isis Sake is the first soldier to receive a religious accommodation for traditional Samoan hand tattoos. (Jon Simkins/Staff) Small arrows, birds and stars adorn the tops of the soldier ...

The two birds proposed for protection include the friendly ground dove and the mao. The mao is a large, vocal, nectar-eating bird that lives in mature, high-elevation forests — habitat that has almost ...

Working in Samoa has lead to me take up the cause of another endangered Samoan bird species, the Manumea. MANY MONIKERS: THE LITTLE DODO, DODLET, TOOTH-BILLED PIGEON, and MANUMEA.

The two birds proposed for protection include the friendly ground dove and the mao. The mao is a large, vocal, nectar-eating bird that lives in mature, high-elevation forests — habitat that has almost ...

Once numbering between 4,000-7,000 in the 1980s, the bird, with its large head and unique beak, has been pushed to the brink of extinction due to predation from invasive species, habitat loss, and ...

“Island of Seabirds” to the Samoan people, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument is a major nesting site to a dozen bird species, as well as green sea turtles and other wildlife. Experience the ...

Saving the tooth-billed pigeon, Samoa's national bird. A tooth-billed pigeon and Samoa, its natural habitat. Credit: Ulf Beichle / Colossal; Kasper Berg / Colossal.

Richmond School manumea art competition winner Lyneisha Peivi. It all started with a chocolate bar and a bird on the brink of extinction, but has turned into so much more for the children and ...

Scientists in Samoa have issued a dire warning about the fate of the national bird, which features on the country's bank notes and coins. The manumea has been on the brink of extinction for ...

Illustration of the little dodo likely based on stuffed specimens. By: John Gould. Sometime in the late 1600s the world’s last dodo perished on the island of Mauritius. No one knows how it spent ...