Hawaii’s state bird fell to fewer than 30 in the wild by 1950. Captive breeding and releases helped lift a 2022 estimate to 3 ...

One of the highlights at the new Hawaii Wildlife Discovery Center is the Immersive Room, which features a six-minute video across three screens that takes viewers below the ocean's surface. Photo ...

The Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on Kauai, with its historic lighthouse, attracts more than 500,000 visitors a year. Many travel websites say it’s well worth the trek to Kauai’s northernmost ...

Portrait of a Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi. About 60 Hawaiian monk seals live in the Midway Atoll in the Northwest of the archipelago in remote, uninhabited islands. Universal Images ...

Residents are asked to help document sightings of the rarely seen ‘ōpe’ape’a, or Hawaiian hoary bat.

The Hawaiian Islands are home to some amazing and unique animals. But as some populations of these animals are seeing their numbers decline, it becomes a civic duty for all to help protect dwindling ...

Residents and visitors are being asked to be on the lookout for disoriented, fluffy, fledgling Hawaiian petrels and wedge-tailed shearwaters as the Nov. 19 new moon approaches. The young seabirds ...

A rainbow visible over Daniel K. Inouye Kilauea Point Lighthouse, part of the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, in 2022. The endangered akepa is one of the smallest of the Hawaiian honeycreepers ...