Take a stroll along one of the beaches on Hawaii Island in late summer, and you'll likely stumble upon almond-shaped fruits lying in the sand. Known as false kamani nuts, or tropical almonds, they ...

Whether it produces chicks or not, state wildlife officials are encouraged to see nesting behaviors within a cohort of five ...

Since their release into the wild just over six months ago, the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project (MFBRP) has carried out ...

A decades-long effort to save a critically endangered Hawaiian crow from extinction is taking a new strategy — relocating the birds to a different island than their historical home. And the San ...

The five ʻalalā, or Hawaiian crows, released last November are demonstrating promising wild behaviors, the Department of Land ...

KIPAHULU FOREST RESERVE, MAUI — The five ‘alala, or Hawaiian crows, released last November are demonstrating promising wild ...

The Hawaiian crow, or ‘alalā, has been extinct in the wild since 2002. ... the birds were introduced to native Hawaiian food sources, including insect species and fruits.

Namwa bananas in Hawaii. The banana plant, which falls under the genus Musa, is not a tree but an enormous herb. It was first domesticated in Papua New Guinea around 7,000 years ago.

An endangered Hawaiian crow went extinct in the wild. The San Diego Zoo is trying to help save them. Five of the captive-raised ‘alalā were released on Maui in November in latest attempt to ...

Invasive species of wild fruit flies from other parts of the world were detected in unusually high quantities in 2023 across California, ... as well as some native to Hawaii.