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Science2026-04-15

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

A new study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is overturning a decades-old belief that Indigenous Hawaiians hunted native waterbirds to extinction. Instead, researchers found no scientific evidence supporting this claim and propose a more complex explanation involving climate change, invasive

By Science Daily

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

A new study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is overturning a decades-old belief that Indigenous Hawaiians hunted native waterbirds to extinction

Instead, researchers found no scientific evidence supporting this claim and propose a more complex explanation involving climate change, invasive

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