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The palila once existed throughout the entire island chain. Now the species can only be found on a small region of Mauna Kea ...
Hawaii's native tree snails, known as the "jewels of the forest," are rapidly disappearing. Some of the most imperiled only live in human care now, safeguarded 24 hours a day.
Hawaii may be small in size compared to most other U.S. states, but its ecological diversity is at the top, comparable to states like Alabama, Texas, and California. From the 21,000+ species that ...
Scientists are dumping thousands of mosquitos into Hawaii's forests, and they have a really good reason for it.
The U.S. military wants to continue live-fire training at Pohakuloa, a high-altitude plateau on Hawaii’s Big Island ...
The lab-raised, non-biting male mosquitoes are meant to breed with the invasive ones on the islands and produce sterile eggs ...
In April, a proclamation from President Donald Trump opened the 490,000-square-mile Pacific Islands Heritage Marine Monument ...
It’s an organic gem like a pearl. But instead of residing in a shell, this Hawaii gem grows slowly like a miniature tree deep ...
Hawaii's native birds face extinction due to mosquito-borne diseases like avian malaria. Introduced in the 20th century, mosquitoes now threaten iconi ...