The birds suffered low survival rates after release, which led scientists to pause the program. On Hawaii island, alala has a native predator — the io, or Hawaiian hawk. There are no breeding ...

or alala, were last found on Hawaii’s Big Island, but they went extinct in the wild in 2002, officials with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said in a statement. The birds, described as ...

In the past, attempts to reintroduce ‘alalā to Hawaii’s Big Island during the ... conservation program manager for the Hawaiian Endangered Birds Program at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance ...