Few places on Earth tell the story of the extinction crisis like Hawaii. Dozens of birds, plants, insects and mollusks are already gone, and every day is a battle to save species that are barely holding on. On this episode of Sounds Wild, we talk with Maxx Phillips, the Center’s Hawaii director, about what’s been lost, the daring work to protect what remains and the deep cultural ties between endangered species and the Indigenous peoples who have lived on these islands for eons. Episode credits: 

Produced, edited and mixed by Mike Stark and Vanessa Barchfield

Artwork by Izzi Stein

Music by Up Rabbit Mountain

 

The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit

conservation organization with more than 1.8 million members and online

activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild

places.