We have a new publication by Paxton et al. on the loss of cultural song diversity in Kauai endemic forest birds in Royal Society Open Science journal. Check out the paper on our publications page!

Members from the Hart Lab attended the 26th annual Hawaii Conservation Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. Attendees included Erin Netoskie, Karen Gallardo-Cruz, Ashley Romero, and Marty Kawasaki.

Graduate students Erin Netoskie and Karen Gallardo-Cruz in the Hart lab graduated from the Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science program with their Master of Science degree this December - congrats!

Several members of the Hart Lab including Kristina Paxton, Erin Netoskie, Karen Gallardo-Cruz, Marty Kawasaki, and Patrick Hart traveled to Anchorage, Alaska to present on-going research at the annual American Ornithological Society!

Lab manager and research technician, Ann Tanimoto-Johnson, presented on the behavior and vocalizations of nocturnal Hawaiian birds and bats.

After half a century, the endangered ˊUaˊu, also known as the Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) has been found on Maunakea thanks to acoustic recorders deployed by the LOHE lab in collaboration with the Office of Maunakea Management at the University of Hawaiˊi at Hilo.

Hawaiˊi Forest & Trail has donated $25,000 to the University of Hawaiˊi at Hilo Biology Department to support research and technologies to reduce mosquito populations and suppress the spread of avian diseases in Hawaiˊi.

Kristina Paxton and Patrick Hart were awarded a grant from the Disney Conservation Fund to study how captive ˊAlala vocalizations may be changing as they adapt to being released in the wild.