A new website is dedicated to sharing the story of a critically endangered native Nawaiian plant thought lost to history ...

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 ...

Following its rediscovery, horticulturalists worked to propagate Ka Palupalu o Kanaloa, but found limited success. The two ...

Ed Case and Jill Tokuda to protect Hawaii’s native plants and animals. The Hawaii Native Species Conservation and Recovery Act would protect over 10,000 plant and animal species that are native ...

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 • ...

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 ...