The spiders native to Hawaii are endemic — all 126 species are found nowhere else in the world. The fact that spiders made it to Hawaii without the help of humans is remarkable. Native spiders ...

Hawaii, one scientist wrote ... Kipukas provide food and housing for more than half a dozen vocally energetic endemic bird species. Flocks of scarlet-red apapane—honeycreepers—keep up ...

Palm trees and Hawaii go together like fish and poi ... the extreme isolation of the island chain led to the evolution of 23 to 27 endemic species, found only in the islands.

A bunch of pioneer finches — blown from some unknown continent to Hawaii between three million and six million years ago — adapted to "fill in" for absent songbird species in the customary ...

The Hawaiian caterpillar collects and wears dead bug parts—and its gruesome habits might be key to its survival.

Wildlife include endangered endemic species like the Hawaii honeycreeper and the nēnē (Hawaiian goose). From ‘u’au and nēnēs (Hawaiian petrels and geese) to the largest dragonflies in the country, the ...

The rosy wolf snail cannibalizes endemic kāhuli; other invasive species, habitat loss and climate change all pose existential ...

Endemic species are confined to specific areas and are at higher risk of extinction due to isolation, hunting, and habitat loss. Javan rhinos, once widespread, are now critically endangered ...

Nurses from the Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital held an informational picket Saturday morning. Our very own Billy V traveled to Hollywood for the premiere of the movie and got to sit ...

including several endemic species and native birds found only in Hawaii. Kauai is also home to the Hawaiian goose, also known as the Nēnē, which is hawaii’s state bird and one of the most ...

The United States is at a tipping point for the return of endemic measles a quarter century after the disease was declared eradicated in the country, researchers warned on Thursday. At current U.S ...