Animals

University of Texas at Austin Biologist Justin Havird spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about his research about Hawaiian volcano shrimp.

After a long adoption journey, a senior dog from Maui has found her happily ever after. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol shares the heartwarming story.

Chris Kyriazis of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance spoke with HPR's Maddie Bender about new work into the genetics of Hawaiian honeycreepers and what they reveal about their mating lives.

Maui's The Spirit Horse Ranch started a therapy program after the pandemic. It also helped Maui fire survivors navigate shock and loss. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports the program has now expanded to Molokaʻi.

The crews will be injecting about 800 trees with an insecticide, and those trees will serve as a barrier to protect the dense groves of palm trees in urban Honolulu.

A non-venomous ball python snake was captured in the backyard of an Oʻahu residence on Sunday night.

The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the military for details on a proposal to build a rocket test site in a remote wildlife refuge less than 900 miles from Hawaiʻi Island.

Tom Givnish, botanist and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, spoke with The Conversation’s Maddie Bender about his new research into lobeliads.

Sheep and goats have been used to clear flammable grasses in Hawaiʻi. They mostly do such “prescribed grazing” at solar farms, but can it work closer to people? HPR’s Mark Ladao reports on a pilot project in East Oʻahu that's looking to find out.

Since October, volunteers have been meeting every Thursday evening in Waimānalo to hike around in the dark and capture coqui frogs.