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The little fire ant, or LFA, was first discovered in the state on Hawaiʻi Island in 1999. While efforts to eradicate colonies on most of the islands seem to be turning the tide, the fight on the Big Island rages on.
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For the past five years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Hawaiian Humane Society have found common ground on the issue, culminating in a research paper in the Conservation Biology journal.
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The Hawai‘i Island Resort Mauna Lani released four Hawaiian green sea turtles into the ocean to celebrate the 36th Turtle Independence Day. The turtles are cared for and raised for about three years before being released.
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Research professor Jut Wynne from Northern Arizona University published a hypothesis stating that certain canoe bugs may have joined voyagers to Hawaiʻi and Rapa Nui.
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As climate change increases the frequency and severity of natural disasters like hurricanes, experts warn that birds will bear the brunt of these storms in varied and long-lasting ways. HPR's Maddie Bender has more on how conservationists are preparing for the future.
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The Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project took matters into its own hands and found a different mosquito control method to protect Kauaʻiʻs birds from avian malaria — biolarvicide.
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U.S. officials are fining two residents $20,000 for their part in the fatal mauling of a female Hawaiian monk seal pup by unleashed dogs. Hawaiian monk seals are a critically endangered species. Only 1,600 remain in the wild.
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Local officials shared that a 25-year-old woman was seriously injured in a shark attack last Friday afternoon on Oʻahu's North Shore. Paramedics treated the woman and took her to a trauma hospital in serious condition.
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The state Department of Agriculture, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and the University of Hawaiʻi recently signed a memorandum of understanding to handle major pests — namely little fire ants, coconut rhinoceros beetles and coqui frogs.
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Harvard University postdoctoral researcher Qian Tang spoke with The Conversation about his research into the origins of the German cockroach.