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.
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.
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.
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.
(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.