Your mission: find a few invasive silk oak trees scattered across a 35,000-acre ancient cinder cone that resembles a bundt…
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Kia'i Moku Column
Parasite spread by cats threatens rare native animals
As populations of invasive feral cats skyrocket in Hawaiʻi, so does the risk to native animal species. The ʻalalā,…
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Why All the Talk About Eradication?
Life in paradise inevitably means dealing with invasive species in some form. From termites to rats, centipedes to garden weeds,…
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A little love for all the non-invasive species in Hawaiʻi
The vast majority of introduced plants stay in the gardens where they are planted. Without their native pollinators or preferred…
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Spiders in Hawaii, native and introduced
As the calendar turns from September to October, giant webs appear overnight in yards upcountry. These are no ordinary spider…
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Sunscreen, coral reef bleaching, and invasive algae
Maui’s coral reefs are in trouble. Many of the hazards are complex and global – climate change and ocean acidification,…
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