Scientists just debunked a 50-year myth about Hawaii’s birds

A new study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is reshaping a decades-old belief about the disappearance of Hawaiʻi's native waterbirds. Researchers report that there is no scientific evidence showing Indigenous People hunted these species to extinction. Published in the journal Ecosphere, the study disputes this widely accepted narrative and introduces a broader explanation for why the birds declined.

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