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Public Access To North Shore Beach Has Been Cut Off (Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2026)

Public Access To North Shore Beach Has Been Cut Off

The state plans to conduct a site visit and open a formal investigation if authorities determine a violation has occurred at Mokulēʻia.

A New Insight Into Mysterious Tiger Shark Mating Behavior Off Maui Courtesy: Cory Fults

A New Insight Into Mysterious Tiger Shark Mating Behavior Off Maui

New research reveals what is attracting tiger sharks to areas off of Olowalu during whale breeding season.

Hawaiʻi Residents Are Keeping A Keen Eye On Invasive Species David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Residents Are Keeping A Keen Eye On Invasive Species

The state pest reporting platform 643Pest received a few hundred reports annually until 2023, when the floodgates opened for coconut rhinoceros beetles. 

VIDEO: O‘ahu’s North Shore Erosion Leaves Homeowners Without Solutions David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

VIDEO: O‘ahu’s North Shore Erosion Leaves Homeowners Without Solutions

Residents are struggling to protect their homes from falling into the ocean without violating environmental protections that preserve the island’s iconic beaches.

Hawaiʻi’s Critically Endangered Crow Is Soaring In Maui Forests (Courtesy: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance)

Hawaiʻi’s Critically Endangered Crow Is Soaring In Maui Forests

Extinct in the wild since 2002, several ʻalalā have survived their first year since being released on the Valley Isle.

New Navy Report Gauges Training Disruption Of Hawaiʻi’s Marine Mammals Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023/NOAA Permit No. 19655

New Navy Report Gauges Training Disruption Of Hawaiʻi’s Marine Mammals

Updated: The report shows improvement related to deaths but continued hearing loss and other injuries from some exercises.

Hawaiʻi Farmers Are Fighting To Keep Their Soil From Flushing Out To Sea Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Farmers Are Fighting To Keep Their Soil From Flushing Out To Sea

From kalo to cacao, farmers are adapting to effects of a changing climate by fusing traditional Hawaiian practices with new, regenerative agricultural techniques to save soils, streams and reefs.

Battling A Voracious Beetle In The Invasive Species Capital Of The World Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025

Battling A Voracious Beetle In The Invasive Species Capital Of The World

Tactics vary by island in the ongoing fight to save Hawaiʻi’s iconic palms from coconut rhinoceros beetles.

Photo Essay: Building A Hawaiian Fishpond Wall To Connect People Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Photo Essay: Building A Hawaiian Fishpond Wall To Connect People

Roughly 2,000 volunteers helped build the final 380 feet of a wall enclosing an 800-year-old Hawaiian fishpond in Kāneʻohe.

How The Planet Fared In 2025 — The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

How The Planet Fared In 2025 — The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

From winter wildfires in Los Angeles to the unchecked growth of data centers, here are the big climate stories we covered in 2025.