Hawaii never passed a law naming the Honu (the green sea turtle) as its official state animal, yet few creatures are more closely associated with the islands. Visitors quickly notice how often turtle ...

Most caterpillars eat leaves. The ones living in Hawaii's wet forests never got that memo, and their solution to island life upended everything entomologists thought they knew about one of nature's ...

An effort is underway to discourage visitors from traveling to Hawaii Island (also called the Big Island), led by Priscilla Presley, the former wife of Elvis Presley. It’s due to a new Hawaii law that ...

Researchers hope the designation of several species of land snails, or kāhuli, will lead to conservation Maddie Bender | Freelance writer What do nine Hawaiian snails have in common with the Texas ...

Hawaii's native tree snails, known as the "jewels of the forest," are rapidly disappearing. Some of the most imperiled only live in human care... Meet Hawaii's 'jewels of the forest' — some of the ...

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers identified 10 new species and seven new groups (genera) of Hawaiian leaf-roller moths. While new species are frequently discovered, the description of a new ...

When Hurricane Douglas came barreling toward Oahu in 2020, David Sischo quickly packed up and drove to higher ground. But he wasn't evacuating his family. He was evacuating snails. Sischo works with ...