The adage “the more you look, the more you see“ is the basis for the “Pollinators in Paradise” project, a…
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Kia'i Moku Column
Invasive jellyfish removed from Kaunakakai harbor
Back in 2009, a father and his two kids, still wet from the beach, walked into the office of the…
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ʻŌhiʻa’s genetic diversity may contribute to disease resistance
ʻŌhiʻa is both a pioneer – the first to grow on new lava– and a protector—hosting and sustaining birds, insects,…
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Māmalu Poepoe Project traps and monitors invasive pests
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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Coqui frogs negatively affect the environment in more ways than one
In the dark, Darrel Aquino turns off the pump engine – the silence is a stark contrast to the noise…
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