‘I‘iwi Receives Protection Under Endangered Species Act
‘I‘iwi, or scarlet honeycreeper (Vestiaria coccinea). Photo courtesy of USFWS Once one of the most common forest birds in the Hawaiian Islands, the ‘i‘iwi, also known as the scarlet honeycreeper, will...
View ArticleScientists Return from Assessing ‘Opihi Populations in Papahānaumokuākea
Algal survey at Nihoa. Photo courtesy of NOAA Scientists aboard the research vessel M/V Searcher returned today to Oʻahu after monitoring ‘opihi populations and other rocky intertidal organisms in...
View ArticleSecond Group of Endangered ‘Alalā Released into Natural Area Reserve
Two ‘alalā that were released back into the wild. Photo courtesy of DLNR Five young ‘alalā, two females and three males, were released into Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve on the Big Island Oct. 11....
View ArticleTV Special on Lehua Island Restoration Premieres Tonight
Lehua Island. Photo courtesy of DLNR The recent project aimed at eradicating invasive rats from the State of Hawai‘i’s Seabird Sanctuary on Lehua Island is the subject of a half-hour long TV...
View ArticleTurning to Conservation Interventions
By Mele Khalsa The ‘i‘iwi, threatened by avian malaria, is protected as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act since Sept. 20. Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Hawaiian...
View ArticleHawai‘i’s Last Permafrost
Maunakea on the Big Island. Photo courtesy of UH In the coldest climate, on the tallest summits of Hawaiʻi, temperatures fall below freezing during winter nights. In 1969, Alfred Woodcock discovered...
View ArticleUH Mānoa Scientists Investigate Aquatic Viruses with $6M Grant
Transmission electron micrographs of viruses. Photo courtesy of University of Delaware University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographers Grieg Steward and Kyle Edwards, as part of a research team from four...
View ArticleExploring the Ocean’s Deepest Zone
UH Mānoa Professor of Oceanography Jeffrey Drazen (right). Photo courtesy of UH The deepest 45 percent of the ocean depth range remains one of the most unexplored and inaccessible regions on the...
View Article27 Ways a Heatwave Can Get You Killed
Illustration of pathways through which heat can damage vital organs and result in death. Image courtesy of UH A new systematic synthesis by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa shows that...
View ArticleUH Sea Level Center Expands Forecasts with New Federal Funding
High sea level in Waikīkī. Photo courtesy of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant King Tides Project. Over the next three years, the Sea Level Center in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technologyat the...
View ArticleUH Paleontologist: T Rex’s Small Arms Built for Slashing
Artist’s rendering of the Tyrannosaurus rex. Image courtesy of UH/Steve Stanley. The Tyrannosaurus rex may have had small arms, but it was no pushover. For more than a century, many paleontologists...
View ArticleLet’s Get on the Same Page with Sea Level Rise
By Ruby Pap Sea-level rise has already become very damaging in Hawai΄i. Observed SLR-related problems include coastal erosion, episodic flooding, and drainage problems at high tide in some urbanized...
View ArticleA Deeper Fish in the Sea (w/ video)
The Mariana snailfish (Pseudoliparis swirei) thrives at depths of up to about 8,000 meters (26,200 feet) along the Mariana Trench near Guam. Video grab courtesy of UH The ocean’s deepest fish doesn’t...
View ArticleUH Study: Preservatives May Harm Good Bacteria in Human Body
From left, Sally V. Irwin, Peter Fisher, Emily Graham, Adriel Robidoux, Ashley Malek and Richard Allen. Photo courtesy of UH Food preservatives may be harmful to beneficial bacteria in the human body,...
View ArticleUH Team Develops Power from Water Drops
A water drop illuminating 15 green LEDs. Photo courtesy of UH Frustrated trying to charge your phone on the go? A newly developed energy harvesting method may soon lead to technologies that will allow...
View ArticleOrigins of Modern Humans More Complex than Originally Believed
Map of sites and postulated migratory pathways associated with modern humans dispersing across Asia during the Late Pleistocene. Image courtesy of Bae et al. A new study calls for a re-evaluation of...
View ArticleUH: Rat Lungworm Risk Greater Than Expected
A rat (Rattus rattus) eating a native snail in the Hawaiian forest. Photo courtesy of UH/Jack Jeffrey A University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo research group supported by Hawaiʻi Island legislators is urging...
View ArticleShould We Consider Translocating Kaua‘i Forest Birds?
By Ruby Pap The endangered ‘Akeke‘e, endemic to Kaua‘i, is projected to lose substantial range by the end of the century. Photo by Lucas Behnke Kaua‘i’s native forest birds and the forest ecosystem...
View ArticleOceans Buffering World From Full Impact of Human-Produced CO2
Rosette with sampling bottles for collecting ocean water. Photo courtesy of N Gruber, ETH Zurich The world’s oceans are helping to combat global warming. An international team of scientists, including...
View ArticleTour Company Boosts Efforts to Save Endangered Birds
An i‘iwi forages on an alani tree in Kaua‘i’s upper forest. Studies by Atkinson and Lapoint show 99 percent of i‘iwi die after a single bite from a mosquito infected with avian malaria. Photo courtesy...
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