The 21st Show

There’s only a few of these birds left in the world. An Illinois researcher is trying to save them.

 
Screenshot from American Bird Conservancy

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Hawaii is where you used to be able to find a bird known as the 'Akikiki. It's native to the region, but in the last 20-or-so-years, they have all but disappeared. It's said that only five remain in the wild. Their survival has been left to the care of conservationists, including a postdoctoral student at the Illinois Natural History Survey.

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Maria Costantini

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Illinois Natural History Survey