Animals

The Hawaiian Humane Society is reminding residents that pets are sensitive to loud noises and bright flashes. It released a list of precautions on keeping pets safe to minimize how many run away from home or get hurt.

The law takes effect at the start of the new year and carries fines of up to $50 for a first offense and $500 thereafter.

Pushing to regulate artificial light use is one of several suggestions in a new report from the state’s Dark Night Skies Protection Advisory Committee.

In grocery stores across the state, it's generally easier to find locally grown beef than pork or goat. But there's an effort to improve local production for these other types of meat.

Department of Land and Natural Resources Wildlife Biologist Afsheen Siddiqi spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about the third presumptive case of avian influenza in a bird in Hawaiʻi.

Officials are monitoring a trio of nēnē in Hilo’s Lili‘uokalani Gardens to ensure a successful nesting season for the nesting female.

There are continued talks of using wild game to help manage invasive species and fight hunger, but a host of issues still need to be addressed before that can become a reality.

Rachel Cartwright of the Keiki Kohola Project spoke to HPR’s Maddie Bender about her research into the whales of Lahaina.

Biologists David Sischo and Michael Hadfield spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz at the opening of the Honolulu Zoo’s newest exhibit space focusing on native snails.

The Trump administration is proposing several changes to the Endangered Species Act that conservationists say could have consequences for Hawaiʻi's biodiversity.