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 ...

Over this time, the ‘alala have continued to mature and adapt, showing an increasing range of natural behaviors — such as ...

In the wild, they promote forest growth by dispersing seeds of native plants. They are revered in Hawaiian culture as sacred spiritual family guardians and have loud, distinctive cries.

The five ʻalalā, or Hawaiian crows, released last November are demonstrating promising wild behaviors, the Department of Land and Natural Resources reports. ʻAlalā are the last remaining species of ...

The Hawaiian crow, or ‘alalā, has been extinct in the wild since 2002. A new effort to reintroduce birds of this species—considered important guides to the souls of the dead in Hawaiian ...

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.

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.