The findings about the rare bone collector caterpillar, a newly discovered species native to the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...

But in truth, these forests are not filled with many native Hawaiian plants or animals. Almost everything here has come from somewhere else, brought in by people over the last century. Many of the ...

Alteration of landscapes, the arrival of hoofed grazing animals and invasive plant introductions all contributed. Today, Hawaii has gained the unfortunate moniker of being the extinction capital ...

“Despite making up 30% of the nation’s listed species, our incredibly rare Hawaiian plants and animals receive less than 10% of the money appropriated for recovery.” Nine months into his term, ...

“These plants and animals can never be brought back. We absolutely must do everything we can to avert the loss of even more threads in our web of life.” In a single bright spot, the agency retained ...

The majority of plants and animals in these lowland regions are non-native: they arrived with humans and displaced native Hawaiian species. ‘I‘iwi, photo by James Petruzzi Hawaiian birds—particularly ...