3+ hour, 17+ min ago  (365+ words) The Forest Service is looking to close its Big Island labs " the only ones of their kind, researchers say, that help protect the Pacific's unique tropical forests. Efforts to save Hawai'i's "hi'a trees from a deadly fungal disease, stop invasive…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (797+ words) Scientists aren't sure why the birds are thriving in Honolulu, but their population has grown significantly on O'ahu in the last decade. Ka'iulani Murphy is quick to spot white terns flapping their wings when she's guiding Polynesian voyaging canoes across…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (578+ words) The idea that a fishery is damaging to reefs or to fish populations is contradicted by the data. I recall seeing a Potter's angelfish when I was in high school. This fish changed my life. It is endemic and only…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1607+ words) A proposed aquarium fishing ban is in play as state aquatic resource officials move to revive the controversial fishing practice. Hawai'i island resident Kekoa Alip knows there are recent state reports showing at least some aquarium-trade fishing could resume off…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (578+ words) By Mike Nakachi, Elena Bryant Reef fish belong in the ocean, not in far-off fish tanks. Tell your elected officials. Most people living in Hawai'i agree that reef fish should not be captured and sold as aquarium pets. Last year,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1233+ words) Hawai'i island residents have been tracking coconut rhinoceros beetles" destruction throughout the islands. Fearing the same for their home, they"re urging the state to move faster. It has been nearly two years since the first rhinoceros coconut beetle was…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1278+ words) The population of tiny stinging ants has surged despite efforts to control the invasive species. Experts fear devastating consequences if the infestation spirals out of control. The color drained from Scott Fisher's face when a member of the Maui Invasive…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (573+ words) New research reveals what is attracting tiger sharks to areas off of Olowalu during whale breeding season. Midwinter marks the annual return of humpback whales to Hawai'i, swimming down from Alaska to breed in the warmer waters. Tiger sharks start…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1199+ words) The 81-acre site was being eyed by real estate developers but Hawai'i County just bought it and a local fishing group will manage it. Neighbors on the Big Island shared the news and grew concerned: An existential threat was looming…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1540+ words) Senators are troubled by what they see as slow progress from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, which is struggling to find staff to keep invasive species at bay. State lawmakers have handed agricultural officials their marching orders: Move faster…...