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When we think of forests and the economy, we think of logging and timber as a product of the forest resource. There are however a plethora of products…

In the years between annexation and statehood, plantations proliferated, military bases sprang up, urbanization increased and more hotels were built. On…

Invasive species threaten the well being of native flora and fauna. This threat takes many forms, a fungus, a disease, a plant or animal. The legacy of…

The Palila bird is a small, unassuming bird with a magnificent golden crown and breast. Despite it's modest size, it is royalty among native species and…

The Community Restoration Partnership funds near-shore habitat restoration and projects that improve coastal water quality.

The first Polynesian navigators arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in canoes laden with plants that would become the foundation of the most complex and…

Umial?loa was one of the greatest chiefs of ancient Hawai‘i. Umi’s father was L?loa, the mo‘i, or ruler, of Hawai‘i Island, a fact Umi didn’t learn until…

Today we look at freshwater fishponds and the goddess who cared for them, Haumea—the earth mother, born on O‘ahu, says UH M?noa Professor Lilikal?…