Species are being lost from the wild at an unprecedented rate, and some of the most threatened ones are being protected by conservation projects that either work with or employ local people in the area where the species remains and use ex-situ conservation practices (outside of the species’ natural habitat) to protect species that can no longer remain in the wild. One example of this is the conservation success story of the Guam kingfisher. The beautiful orange and blue Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus), also known as the sihek, has been extinct in its wild home of Guam and the surrou…