Animals

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.

The website features interactive dashboards that provide information on pests like the coconut rhinoceros beetle, little fire ant, and coqui frog.

Staff and community members at the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender on the one day of the year they welcome visitors.

Young ʻuaʻu kani, or shearwater birds, tend to take their first flights away from their nests between September and December. They learn to fly toward the light of the moon and stars, but the increase in artificial lights, especially on Oʻahu, has caused the baby birds to be misled on their flight paths.

Susan Wilkinson of Susie's Duck Sanctuary spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about how a case of avian flu destroyed her flock of birds in her backyard operation on Oʻahu.

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.

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.

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.

Researchers Megan Porter and Becky Chong received a grant from the National Science Foundation in 2022 to study biodiversity in Hawaiʻi Island's lava tubes. "We're still finding new species all the time," Porter said.