A coquí frog sits on a tree branch in El Yunque rainforest in Caimito, Puerto Rico. The tiny frog is named coqui after its distinctive two-note call of "ko-KEE, ko-KEE," and has become a symbol for ...

May 17—The Hawaii Department of Agriculture this morning resumed plans to drop a citric acid solution over a remote mountain area of Waimanalo as part of efforts to eradicate invasive coqui frogs.

An infestation of coqui frogs, the Caribbean species famous for their piercing, sustained nocturnal calls, has been uncovered in a remote area of Waimanalo by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, ...

HONOLULU — The coqui is a tiny, coin-sized frog whose distinctive nightly mating calls are a beloved sound in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands. But people in Hawaii don’t share the same ...

One of Hawaii’s most notorious invasive species was found on Oahu this month. The noisy Coqui frog was found on the property of an invasive species expert, University of Hawaii at Manoa professor ...

For many Puerto Ricans, the nightly chirping of “coh-KEE” — the sound of a tiny frog known as the coquí — is like a national lullaby. But for one purported tourist, the noise felt more like a ...

Community volunteer showing a coqui frog captured in Waimanalo. Coqui frogs, a small, nocturnal tree frog accidentally introduced to Hawaii from Puerto Rico around 1988, pose a significant threat to ...

HAIKU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Maui Invasive Species Committee has a dedicated “Coqui Crew” working 40 hours a week trying to eradicate the tiny amphibians. It’s a team of seven up against tens of ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to list Puerto Rico's tiny coqui llanero tree frog as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The agency also plans to designate 615 ...

A coqui frog is shown being captured by hand in this photo taken in April. Coqui frogs were captured at Home Depot’s nursery earlier this week. Maui Invasive Species Committee photo State Department ...

WAHIAWA, Hawaii — You could call it “The Invasion of the Alien Frogs.” But this is no science fiction movie. Tiny Caribbean frogs with a chirp as intense as a lawn mower’s roar have infiltrated the ...