Mountain apple, ohia ai, is one of the 12,000 to 13,000 plants introduced to Hawaii by people. Mountain apple is native to the Southwestern Pacific and has naturalized in Hawaii, capable of ...

A new website is dedicated to sharing the story of a critically endangered native Nawaiian plant thought lost to history ...

Following its rediscovery, horticulturalists worked to propagate Ka Palupalu o Kanaloa, but found limited success. The two ...

A neglected parcel of land was restored by volunteers and patients at a community medical center. Along the way, their health ...

In Hawaiʻi, however, we have the option of celebrating Christmas a little differently by using native plants and flowers to ...

Ed Case and Jill Tokuda to protect Hawaii’s native plants and animals. The Hawaii Native Species Conservation and Recovery Act would protect over 10,000 plant and animal species that are native ...

inspects a holokea plant. There are just 57 of them left. It, like many native Hawaiian species, is able to hold onto rainfall with adaptations like rough textured leaves, fine hairs, and multiple ...

A 49-year-old former executive director of a nonprofit dedicated to protecting and preserving native Hawaiian plants, animals and ecosystems is facing felony theft charges after she allegedly ...

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) Community-Based Economic Development (CBED) Program has ...