Invasive species

Molokaʻi Residents Fight To Keep Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Off Their Island Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Molokaʻi Residents Fight To Keep Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Off Their Island

As the invasive pest shows up on all the other Main Hawaiian Islands, residents of Molokaʻi say the state is not doing enough to ensure they don’t meet the same fate.

Photo Essay: Volunteers Scoop Invasive  Jellyfish From Hawaiian Fishpond Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Photo Essay: Volunteers Scoop Invasive Jellyfish From Hawaiian Fishpond

A local nonprofit helped clear upside-down jellyfish from the 800-year-old He‘eia Fishpond.

Hawaiʻi’s Bird-Saving Bid To Release Mosquitos Gets A 2nd Green Light Courtesy: Bret Nainoa Mossman/MFBRP

Hawaiʻi’s Bird-Saving Bid To Release Mosquitos Gets A 2nd Green Light

The island’s native bird population has been battered by avian malaria, which the state hopes to resolve with a form of birth control.

No Pen? No Problem. Hawaiʻi Is Moving Its In-Flight Arrival Forms Online Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

No Pen? No Problem. Hawaiʻi Is Moving Its In-Flight Arrival Forms Online

The state has rarely penalized passengers for not declaring banned plants or animals despite serious concerns about invasive species.

Ravenous Beetles Go Urban, Preying On Honolulu’s Iconic Coconut Palms (David Croxford/April Estrellon/Civil Beat/2025)

Ravenous Beetles Go Urban, Preying On Honolulu’s Iconic Coconut Palms

Fallout from the scarab beetles’ invasion into urban Honolulu remains unknown, but the damage so far is “pretty bad,” according to one expert.

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