making lei from native plants and ensuring native populations thrive is a tough balancing act. “It’s tricky as a lei maker to perpetuate Hawaiian culture because a lot of our native plants ...

both the amazing endurance and resilience of this plant have special significance for Native Hawaiians, as Kahoʻolawe is a kino, or sacred form, of Kanaloa, the Hawaiian god of the ocean and ...

The low growing native Hawaiian bacopa is just such a plant. It can even tolerate brackish water and often grows wild in marshes or on sand or rocky banks near the ocean. Though bacopa grows on ...

It’s Wildfire Community Preparedness Month, and folks can do a lot to protect their community and land. University of Hawaiʻi ...

Kaipo Kekona, a Lahaina resident and president of Hawai‘i Farmers Union United, said community members had tried to water ...

Ed Case and Jill Tokuda to protect Hawaii’s native plants and animals. The Hawaii Native Species Conservation and Recovery ...

HONOLULU (Island News) – A big box store sold what they thought was the Hawaiian native plant, called Mamaki. However, once the plant was purchased, the plant owner noticed it did not look right.

His steady hands reflected the care behind this mission — a labor of love for a plant that, when mature, will unfurl its glorious blooms to greet native Hawaiian honeycreepers. These birds ...

The remote, rugged cliff faces of Kalalau Valley on Kaua’i, Hawaii, are largely inaccessible ... scouring each nook and cranny for rare native plants. But now they have a new tool to help ...