native species

According to DLNR botanist Matt Kier, Hawaiʻi has the highest number of endangered plants compared to any other state — with over 400 species. The plants need urgent and direct intervention to have any chance of survival.

The University of Hawaiʻi is growing a native plant in nurseries to prevent the species from going extinct. The Ka palupalu o Kanaloa was last sighted in the wild in 2015 on Kahoʻolawe.

Spiders that look like clowns, lost their ability to spin a web, and have curly tails — Hawaiʻi has them all. More than 200 species of spiders live in the islands and half of them are found nowhere else in the world.

Hawai?i has been called by some 'the endangered species capital of the world', but it may not be known as such for long. There is a group of people…

The Palila bird is a small, unassuming bird with a magnificent golden crown and breast. Despite it's modest size, it is royalty among native species and…

The Hoary Bat is Hawai?i's only native land mammal. It can be found throughout a variety of terrain and elevations, from sea level to the summits of…

nce described as the most common native land bird to be found on the island, the O?ahu ?elepaio has now become an endangered species. Through the…

The breeding cycle of the Hawaiian Hawk leaves it vulnerable to the decline that is faced by raptors the world over. The Io is now the subject of intense…

What happens when two species humans are acting to preserve clash head on? This is the case with the Alala, the Hawaiian Crow, and the Io, the Hawaiian…

When we think of forests under threat, we often think of the tropical rainforest; however, on the island of Hawai?i, it is the dryland forest that is far…