Most caterpillars eat leaves. The ones living in Hawaii's wet forests never got that memo, and their solution to island life upended everything entomologists thought they knew about one of nature's ...

A tiny stinging ant hitched a ride to Hawaii on nursery plants. Its connected nests act like one supercolony, but the harm to ...

Adoption fees for all pets will be waived this weekend as Hawaiian Humane Society prepares to welcome animals from Kauaʻi after Hurricane Lowell.

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers identified 10 new species and seven new groups (genera) of Hawaiian leaf-roller moths. While new species are frequently discovered, the description of a new ...

Researchers hope the designation of several species of land snails, or kāhuli, will lead to conservation Maddie Bender | Freelance writer What do nine Hawaiian snails have in common with the Texas ...

Hawaii's native tree snails, known as the "jewels of the forest," are rapidly disappearing. Some of the most imperiled only live in human care... Meet Hawaii's 'jewels of the forest' — some of the ...

It was supposed to control a crop pest. Instead it became one of the most destructive species ever introduced to an island. The post In 1955, Hawaii Brought In A Snail To Eat Another Snail. It Ate ...

Three years after Regina DoDaro helped set up Hawaii County’s new Animal Control and Protection Agency, she has returned to ...

Honolulu—Following the recent deaths of 21 pregnant cows on a barge traveling from Oahu to Kauai, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) formally committed last week to adopting regulations to ...