Animals

Robin Baird of the Cascadia Research Collective spoke with HPR’s DW Gibson about the decline in the false killer whale population.

Karl Kim, head of the Pacific Urban Resilience Lab at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, shares how past threats inform the future of natural disaster planning; HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports on the resurgence of the ‘ahu ’ula, or Hawaiian feather cape

Earlier this week, HPR reported on a petition aimed at stopping the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle from reaching Molokaʻi. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol shares the next steps of that effort.

The invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle is so widespread on Oʻahu that efforts are focused on containment and management rather than eradication, but the neighbor islands are still fighting to prevent or limit its damage to their communities. HPR’s Mark Ladao has an update on the efforts to contain it.

Adult female sea turtles return to Hawaiʻi's shores each summer to lay their eggs. As nesting season is well underway, the DNLR and Mālama i nā honu explain how the public can help keep hatchlings safe through the season and coexist with the species. HPR's Hannah Kaʻiulani Coburn has more.

The two-lined spittlebug has been a growing problem for ranchers on Hawaiʻi Island over the last couple years — and experts warn it’s also a threat for the whole community. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.

The council moved Bill 51 through its final hearing Wednesday in a 6-2 vote after fierce debate and passionate testimony by the public and council members.

Hawaiʻi County Council member Matt Kanealiʻi-Kleinfelder and Elaine Partlow from Action 4 Animals Hawaii sit down with HPR’s Maddie Bender to debate a bill that would prohibit feeding stray or feral animals on county property.

Eva Fischer, an assistant professor at the University of California, Davis, spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about a new paper on what makes coqui frogs tick — and why they’re so invasive on Hawaiʻi Island.

The Conversation’s Lillian Tsang spoke to Jared Underwood, superintendent for the Papahanaumokuākea Marine National Monument, about the Laysan finch relocation project on Midway Atoll that aims to safeguard the species.