Since Polynesian times, people have unwittingly carried plants and animals with them as they traveled to Hawaiʻi. Ants and skinks…
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Yellow-faced bees defenseless and vulnerable to predatory ants
Somewhere between 400,000 and 700,000 thousand years ago–about the time Haleakalā was forming–a tiny bee arrived in the Hawaiian Islands….
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The little fire ant (LFA) has been detected on the campus of Lahainaluna High School
Date: May 05, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Lissa Strohecker, Public Relations and Educational Specialist Adam Radford, MISC Manager, Maui Invasive Species…
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Tiny golden butterfly could help halt miconia invasion
A tiny butterfly could soon help conservation crews address miconia.
Why can’t you keep rabbits on the ground? “Rabbit fever” affects people
Several years ago, a researcher working with sparrows at a rabbit farm on Maui fell ill. He was feverish and…
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