Two bills introduced in the state Legislature seek to stem Hawaii’s growing invasive species problems with more oversight and clout. House Bill 2758, introduced by state Rep. Scot Matayoshi (D, ...

Bishop Museum is offering an updated Botany Checklist of native and non-native plants of the islands — alive and extinct — as ...

JAMM AQUINO / 2023 George Fleming, general manager of Coastline Landscape and Nursery, holds a dead coconut rhinoceros beetle at the nursery. The beetle was first detected in Hawaii in December 2013 ...

Yet again, an invasive species known to threaten Hawaii’s ecosystem and economy has spread out of control to disrupt life on Oahu. Nope, not the coconut rhinoceros beetle — we’re talking albizia, ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — They’re called one of the worst invasive species in the world and they’re invading our islands, which are considered by many the invasive species capital of the world. Check out ...

Let’s say you are trying to remove tiny piece of invasive plant material from an area 8 miles long and almost 3 miles wide. If you miss any, it will take over again. And you are working under water.

We tend to freak out when a new invasive plant species arrives in our islands, but most spread relatively slowly. Usually we have some time to either deal with them or learn to live with them. Being ...

Pineapple, plumeria and bird of paradise — people associate these iconic species with Hawaii, yet they aren’t Hawaiian. They’re foreign introductions, brought to these islands by people from other ...

Grazel Caceres, the lead wildlife biologist for Pūlama Lāna‘i, says she and her team work in forests, on mountains and other terrain on Lāna‘i to establish and protect local wildlife so the animal and ...

HONOLULU (AP) — An invasive bug was discovered feeding on avocado leaves across the state of Hawaii and was most recently found on Maui plants in retail outlets, entomologists said. The avocado lace ...

Feb. 11—The bills were supported by the Hawaii Invasive Species Council, Big Island and Oahu Invasive Species Committees, Sierra Club of Hawaii, and Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, but ...