Island visitors and crossword afficianados alike recognize the nēnē goose as Hawai‘i’s State Bird. But did you know that there were once three species—one flightless—that all evolved from Canadian geese which made it to the archipelago some 500 million years ago?
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Pair of Nēnē geese, U.S. National Park Service photo