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International scientific study examines how wild animals react to human activity

One of the largest studies on wildlife activity — involving more than 220 researchers, 163 mammal species and 5,000 camera traps worldwide — reveals that wild animals react differently to human activity levels depending on where the animals live and what they eat. Hawai‘i-based authors include University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers Melissa Price and Derek Risch.

Deadline Today for Input on Windfarm Impacts

Today is the deadline for public comments on a draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on four Hawaiʻi wind projects.

Maui Meeting Looks at Impacts of Wind Farms on Hawaiian Hoary Bat

The meeting will address the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of Mauiʻs four wind farms on the ʻŌpeʻapeʻa as well as other issues facing the bat species

Proposed Increase to Incidental Take of Bat and Nēnē at Kaheawa

The state is proposing to issue an amended Incidental Take License at Kaheawa Wind Power II above Mā‘alaea to increase the amount of deaths allowed for the Hawaiian hoary bat and the nēnē during facility operations.

Hawaiʻi Awarded $3.8 M to Protect Threatened, Endangered Species

Hawaiʻi has received $3.8 million from the US Fish and Wildlife Service to protect threatened and endangered species through better land use management.

Ōpeʻapeʻa Bat Designated Official Hawaiʻi Land Mammal

The ōpe‘ape‘a is Hawai‘i’s only native land mammal, and is a subspecies found only in Hawai‘i. Fossils reveal its presence in Hawai‘i as early as 10,000 years ago.

Live Bat Found at Honolulu’s Interisland Terminal

The incident was reported on Monday afternoon by authorities who observed the man tossing the bat in the air outside of the lobby near Baggage Claim B.