In 2016, a rancher on Hawaiʻi Island saw a large swath of his green pastures quickly turn brown. Surveys revealed…
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Kia'i Moku Column
Don’t Let Hawaii Get Skunked: Preventing A Smelly Invader
Hawaiʻi is the only state in the U.S. that is rabies-free. State law requires that dogs, cats and carnivores complete…
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Protect Hawai’i’s reefs by keeping boats clean
Over 1,000 ships enter Hawaiʻi’s ports and harbors every year. Coming from throughout the Pacific and Oceania, bringing cargo and…
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Backyard efforts help protect Hawai’i
With stay-at-home orders in place, many of us are stretching our legs with a walk around the yard or neighborhood,…
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Safe biological controls rely on specialized species
Living creatures can be grouped as specialists or generalists based on their strategies for finding food and habitat: generalists thrive…
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Stopping both global pandemics and biological invasions requires flattening curves.
In 2002, an unusually large and strange-looking chameleon turned up in a remote area of West Maui. The resulting media…
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