The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that its successful eradication effort marks the first time yellow crazy ants have been removed from such a large area in the U.S.

Pauses in cat sterilization efforts during the pandemic haven’t seemed to significantly affect populations, but it will be a while before the full impacts of 2020 are clear.

The new data suggests the population of akikiki — a honeycreeper bird found only on Kauai —  may be declining faster than previously thought. 

New refuges are sought as scientists battle disease-carrying mosquitoes in the face of a changing climate.

Conservationists are looking to Maui as a possible short-term solution for reestablishing alala in the wild.

A new study found that human activity was to blame for more than half of all known seal deaths in the islands over the past quarter century.

Fewer trips to the field have become the norm as scientists adapt by working from home and connecting with colleagues.

The changes are being lauded as significant steps. But they won’t go far enough if other countries’ fleets don’t follow suit.

Green sea turtles are now nesting at a windward Oahu beach where the military trains.

Scientists in Hawaii are also racing to eradicate disease-carrying mosquitoes that threaten the survival of the islands’ rare and unique forest bird species. But controversial GMO solutions are not yet being considered in Hawaii.