Hawaiʻi Island

The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has voted to let officials gather public input on a proposed set of rules that would allow commercial aquarium fishing in West Hawaiʻi.

State Sen. Joy San Buenaventura spoke with The Conversation’s Catherine Cruz about the collapse of the dredging project at Pohoiki Bay on Hawaiʻi Island.

The bill would ban food providers and permittees at County of Hawaiʻi facilities from using disposable polystyrene or plastic containers and utensils.

State Sen. Joy San Buenaventura of Hawaiʻi Island responds to the failure of the Pohoiki Boat Ramp dredging project; Louis Miller and Jon Holshue, aka The Pasta Boys, dish up homemade noodles at Proof Social Club in Chinatown

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.

Just 20 years ago, Natalie Grabow was learning to swim. Now she's hailed as an inspiration after winning her age group at the famously grueling triathlon competition in Hawaiʻi.

Hawaiʻi Island was ground zero for invasive species like the little fire ant and coquí frog. Now, officials and community members are trying to make sure another pest doesn't gain a permanent foothold on the island. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.

Kāwika Lewis and his ʻohana are the land stewards at ʻĀina University, which perpetuates traditional cultural practices, aiming to bring the ahupuaʻa system back. HPR's Hannah Kaʻiulani Coburn has more.

Archeologist and anthropologist Tim Scheffler spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender about a mysterious “pictogram” he found nearly 12 years ago in a cave near Pāhoa Town on Hawaiʻi Island.

A new video, “Protecting Hawaiʻi’s Native Forests,” shows how ʻōhiʻa trees can thrive when animals are kept out of native forests. The UH film shows land across Hawaiʻi island that’s been fenced off for native plant conservation and illustrates the stark difference in ʻōhiʻa tree health between the land inhabited by animals and the land that has been blocked off.