Good News Notes: “A planting ceremony was held at Four Seasons Resort Lānaʻi on Thursday with Pūlama Lānaʻi to commence the launch of a botanical preservation project to reintroduce the federally endangered ʻāwikiwiki plant to the area around the resort. ʻĀwikiwiki, also known by its scientific name Canavalia pubescens, is a perennial vine with dark purple to pink…
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Tasmanian Devils Born on Mainland Australia Offer Hope for a Species at Risk of Extinction
Good News Notes: “Roughly 3,000 years ago, Tasmanian devils disappeared from the wilds of mainland Australia—instead only surviving on Tasmania Island, the landmass from which they got their common name. But now for the first time in millennia, a mama devil living outside of captivity has given birth to a litter of joeys, in this…
A Second Chance: How conservation saved a species
Good News Notes: “Animal Adventure park welcomed a new addition to their Scimitar Horned Oryx enclosure on February 26. A new baby Oryx named Oakley, its the first Oryx the park was able to breed. What’s significant about this baby? In 2000 their species were declared extinct in the wild. However, through determination and conservation…