Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences on the tiny animals at the core of the vast ocean food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our plates. That's according to a study by University of Hawaiʻi researchers that's out Thursday in the journal Nature Communications.

Hawaiʻi has more endangered plants than all other U.S. states combined. Here's a look at some of the species that are so rare they only have a single wild plant left.

The youth-led Climate Future Forum returned to Hawaiʻi for the fourth year, inviting younger generations to work with state lawmakers and environmental specialists to discuss policies and actions surrounding climate change.

The Archipelago Research and Conservation group is partnering with the state to make a stretch of Kaumualiʻi Highway safer for Hawaiʻi's state bird. Five nēnē have been fatally hit by cars in the area since Friday.

The recent popularity of seashell jewelry has some Hawaiʻi residents worried about overharvesting ʻopihi. HPR's Cassie Ordonio has more.

Hosted by the Hawaiʻi State Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, the youth-led event brings together lawmakers, environmental specialists, and climate change experts to advance climate change-focused policies.

New cases of ROD are confirmed in a U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service lab in Hilo. For the duration of the shutdown, the lab is not processing new samples.

The Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) laboratory director David Karl spoke to The Conversation’s Catherine Cruz about the groundbreaking research he’s been involved in at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus.

Researchers Collin Aldridge and KaiLeiʻa Duriano spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about their two-year fellowship with The Nature Conservancy.

Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity officials are going door to door in Kona Palisades on Hawaiʻi Island to ask for consent from residents to treat palms on their properties.