Ocean Fish Larvae Are Eating Plastic, Too
Larval flying fish, top, and triggerfish, bottom, with ingested plastics zoomed in. Dime shown for scale. Photo courtesy of UH/Jonathan Whitney, NOAA Fisheries New research shows that many larval fish...
View Article‘Monster’ Tilapia Caught on Big Island Highlights Threat for Fish to Become...
A Nile tilapia caught on the Big Island. Photo courtesy of DLNR Aquatic Biologist Troy Sakihara is dealing with tilapia a lot these days. After he was featured in news reports about an invasion of Nile...
View ArticleHow Feral Pigs Impact Hawai‘i’s Forest Ecosystems
NREM graduate students Dain Christensen and Nathaniel Wehr. Photo courtesy of UH In Hawaiʻi, feral pigs have cultural importance as well as serve as wild game for subsistence and recreational hunting....
View ArticleCTAHR Assists in Reviving Kaua‘i’s Taro Industry
Recently retired researcher Russell Messing, who ran the CTAHR Kauaʻi County operations. Photo courtesy of UH Alongside Kauaʻi’s Agricultural Research Station, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s...
View ArticleWho’s Laughing Now? UH Doctors Find Cure for Uncontrollable Laughter
Illustration by JABSOM 2nd year medical student Christina Tse. Laughter is good medicine, except when it actually is the symptom of an illness. Medical residents at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa...
View ArticleUH Hilo Graduate Student Works to Save Native Songbird
Palila (Loxioides bailleui). Photo courtesy of USGS/UH A University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo graduate student is collaborating with researchers to save the palila (Loxioides bailleui), a species of Hawaiian...
View ArticleCapturing Shooting Stars over Hawaiʻi
AMOS on Maunakea. Photo courtesy of UH Astronomers now have a new pair of eyes to detect meteors over Hawaiʻi using a state-of-the-art monitoring system installed on the rooftops of existing buildings...
View ArticleUH Cancer-Related Gene Research Leads to $2.6M Grant
Michele Carbone and Haining Yang. Photo courtesy of UH The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year, $2.6-million grant to University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researchers to study...
View ArticleStudy Finds Geostationary Satellites Monitor Land Surfaces More Efficiently
Seasonal variations in the vegetation index of temperate forests, using images taken by the Himawari-8 new-generation geostationary satellite. Image courtesy of UH Environmental scientists are always...
View ArticleFeral Cat Kills Rare Hawaiian Petrel Chick Involved in Scientific Study
A Hawaiian petrel chick. Photo courtesy of DLNR The recent killing of an endangered Hawaiian petrel chick involved in a tracking project highlights the continued threat of feral cats to native wildlife...
View ArticleMicroalgae Help Corals Tolerate Environmental Stress
From left, authors Mario Kaluhiokalani and Chris Wall preparing coral samples. Photo courtesy of EA Lenz A recent article published by the University of Hawai‘i highlights research that has found...
View ArticleUH: Hawaiʻi’s Tourism at Risk Due to Coronavirus
The most recent University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization report shows that Hawaiʻi’s economy, which has been on an expected slowing trend over the past several years, could be hit hard by...
View ArticleUH: Human Disease Studies Reveal Coral Disease Factors
Jamie Caldwell conducting a coral health survey. Photo courtesy of Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology A team of international researchers used a statistical technique typically employed in human...
View ArticleAlmond Growers — To Bee or Not to Bee?
Bees visit pollinator-independent almond blossoms. Photo courtesy of UH/Saez and Negri Pollination by bees is vital even when crops are assumed to be pollinator independent. That’s according to a study...
View ArticlePollution, Warming Affect Early Life of Corals
A swimming (bottom) and settling (top) coral larvae. Photo courtesy of UH/Raphael Ritson-Williams. Corals are constantly exposed to many environmental stressors. On a global scale, climate change is...
View ArticleUH Study: Climate Change Could Kill Coral Reefs by 2100
Rising ocean temperatures cause coral to bleach putting them at a higher risk of dying. Photo courtesy of USGS Coral reefs may be eliminated worldwide by the year 2100. That’s according to new research...
View ArticleTrait-Based Tech to Help Predict Climate Change Impact on Biodiversity
Corals compete for space, creating habitat for fishes. Photo courtesy of UH/Damaris Torres-Pulliza Time is running out to envision how climate change will impact biodiversity and the functioning of the...
View ArticleHammerhead Sharks Hold Breath to Keep Warm on Deep Dives
A scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphryna lewini) eyeballs the photographer outside the Shark Lab at the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology in Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi. Photo courtesy of UH/Mark Royer....
View ArticleTiger Sharks Become UH Mobile Oceanographers (w/ video)
A tiger shark in the Hawaiian Islands with the latest generation of satellite tags. Photo courtesy of UH/Mark Royer. Researchers have been tagging sharks for decades to learn about their habits and...
View ArticleUH: Deep Sea Mining Could Threaten Midwater Ecosystems
Midwater animal biodiversity that could be affected by deep sea mining. Photo courtesy of UH, E. Goetze, K. Peijnenburg, D. Perrine, Hawai‘i Seafood Council (B. Takenaka, J. Kaneko), S. Haddock, J....
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