Little fire ants (LFA) are devastating communities across the Pacific. Passive and deceitfully small in size, these South American imports…
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News & Updates
Residents urged to report unusual stinging fire ants
An infestation of the much-dreaded little fire ant (LFA), Wasmannia auropunctata, was discovered on a farm in Waihee, Maui, in…
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Positive spin on invasive species by artists, chefs
One day I was pulling a weed and I realized there was a little grain of hostility there toward this…
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Biocontrol precision is weapon against invaders
Last month I began to present my point of view as a conservation scientist relevant to current “controversy” over biocontrol…
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Strawberry guava sows seeds of infestation
When I came to Maui 28 years ago to work as a research biologist at Haleakala National Park, one of…
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Lāna‘i
Lāna‘i i ke ‘ehu o ke kai. Lāna‘i stands among the sea sprays. About once a year, MISC tries to…
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