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The Maui Humane Society on Wednesday opened its new Lahaina Pet Resource Center at 48 Ulupono Street, providing free pet food, supplies and vaccines.
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Hawaiian Electric and Maui County are facing a possible lawsuit over harm posed to seabirds by power lines and streetlights.
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Kapua Kawelo works in resource management at Schofield Barracks. Her worries about little fire ants extend beyond her day job. She's also active in her community of Kahaluʻu, which has turned its focus to the threat of the little fire ant. Many new ant sites have been reported in Windward Oʻahu in the past year.
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The online website allows the public to report real-time sightings of the invasive birds that devastate local crops and upset the ecological balance of the island.
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State plant inspectors went through more than 19 million parcels that came into Hawaiʻi last year. However, there were only about 90 inspectors who did that work. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.
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January and February mark peak season for breeding whales in the Hawaiian Islands, increasing the risk for boat collisions.
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Fraser’s morbillivirus causes respiratory and neurological disease in mammals. The disease is responsible for the mass mortalities of dolphins and whales during outbreaks.
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Local leaders want the City and County of Honolulu to be more involved in managing Oʻahu’s invasive species. Coconut rhinoceros beetles, little fire ants, invasive coral, coqui frogs and other species have been recently growing threats to the island.
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Department of Agriculture Chair Sharon Hurd told state lawmakers at an informational briefing on Monday that general funds would help free up money for other biosecurity efforts and stabilize the funding for those employees.
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The snake was found at a hardware store while workers were unloading supplies from the shipping container. Police arrived and killed the snake with a pellet gun.