In this segment of Empowered Hawaii, Kelly Simek looks into the fight against one of Hawaii’s most destructive invasive ...

Coqui frogs, coconut rhinoceros beetles and little fire ants are just some of the invasive species that the Hawaii Department ...

A 109-year-old Hawaii business, Tip Top Motel on Kauai offers locals and visitors clean rooms with the basic necessities.

Hidden inside the bundle were insects not fit for consumption, but ideal for exotic beetle enthusiasts. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists found 37 giant live beetles ...

The dry weather from Thanksgiving to January created conditions for heavy flowering when a rainy spell in mid January stimulated a big flush of flowering shortly thereafter. When Kona has a wet winter ...

Levi was born to Carl and Rasminne Larson on Oct. 15, 1924, at their home in Forest Grove Township. During World War II, Levi served in the Navy as a welder repairing ships in Hawaii from 1943 to 1946 ...

"We're finding really large frogs that have been out there for a very long time, munching on all the insects. There's an ...

Dec. 11, 2024 — A new study estimates that more than 9000 insects and other native invertebrates ... in 2017 in marine sediments around Hawaii. The first signs of its presence on Earth have ...

(David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023) Recent public outcry over the spread of coconut rhinoceros beetles, which kill palm trees, and a surge in stinging little fire ants caught lawmakers’ attention ...

The coconut rhinoceros beetle is a large scarab beetle native ... natural resources and agricultural communities, in part due to Hawaii’s unique geography,” Case said.