Mountain apple, ohia ai, is one of the 12,000 to 13,000 plants introduced to Hawaii by people. Mountain apple is native to the Southwestern Pacific and has naturalized in Hawaii, capable of ...

In our area, the time to prepare beds for planting ferns is in the spring since all but the hardiest species die back in our ...

Ungos, a 2023 marine biology graduate from Florida, said learning to “malama ‘aina,” or care for the land, is a crucial part ...

Ma’o hau hele Hibiscus brackenridgei • Endangered since 1994 • Population of about 100-300 • Lives for over 5 years • ...

"There's facilities for insects," Pribble says. "There's facilities for plants. Everything that is native to Hawaii is threatened." Hawaiian crows were brought into captivity beginning in the 1970s.

inspects a holokea plant. There are just 57 of them left. It, like many native Hawaiian species, is able to hold onto rainfall with adaptations like rough textured leaves, fine hairs, and multiple ...

Hawaiian honeycreepers are an integral part of native ecosystems and Hawaiian culture ... which both feed the bird and pollinate the plant. Kiwikiu (middle), developed sturdy beaks to snatch ...

The Hawaii Native Species Conservation and Recovery Act would protect over 10,000 plant and animal species that are native to the Hawaiian Islands.