Innovative Drone Technology Discovers New Plant Species in Hawaii
New Hawaiian plant, Schiedea waiahuluensis, found using drones on Kauaʻi's cliffs, highlights drone technology's role in ...
National Geographic news4y
Going to extremes to preserve rare tropical plant species
This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. On the edge of a rusty-red cliff at Waimea Canyon, on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, grows a seemingly unremarkable ...
West Hawaii Today18d
Plant of the Month: Hala
Arbor Day is being celebrated at several Big Island locations today, Nov. 2. Amy Greenwell Garden in Captain Cook will be ...
Hawaii Tribune-Herald4d
Tropical Gardening: Hawaii without palms is like Egypt without dates
We just returned from two months of adventures from Italy to Tunisia and Egypt. It was exploration into the past from the ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN21d
Can Fungi Save This Endangered Hawaiian Tree?
Nicole Hynson normally gets roped in to help when all else fails. The conservation biologist from the University of Hawaii is ...
Hawaii Public Radio4d
Kauaʻi gardens race to protect loulu palms from coconut rhinoceros beetles
The Kauaʻi-based National Tropical Botanical Garden's prized loulu palms are being closely monitored as the beetles were ...
The Maui News7y
Tens of thousands of introduced plants present in Hawaii
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 ...
CBS News27d
Hawaii races to stop spread of tree-killing rhinoceros beetles, invasive species that can fly 2 miles and lay 140 eggs
According to the Hawaii Invasive Species Council, the beetles can kill coconut trees, palms and other tropical crops like ... to prohibit the sale of infested plant materials, Easley told the ...