WAIMANALO (HawaiiNewsNow) - Some 3,000 traps have gone up around Oahu in an effort to track the spread of the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle, an insect capable of destroying thousands of coconut ...

Would-be weavers spilled out of the shade under an open-sided tent at the Arbor Day event at Maui Nui Botanical Garden. Holding coconut leaves in their hands, they patiently worked the material back ...

WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii-- On a recent day of monitoring, Stephanie Joe, invertebrate and forest pest invasive species biologist with U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii's Army Natural Resources Program, ...

NANAKULI, Hawaii (KHON2) — A learning experience was what the Department of Parks and Recreation said of their handling of trees that were infested with coconut rhinoceros beetles at Tracks Beach Park ...

A home gardener was appalled to discover 50 coconut rhinoceros beetle larvae in a bag of Miracle-Gro garden soil that are known to destroy plant life. Joe, a military veteran, had opened a bag of the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Hawaii Department of Agriculture got a call from a Waimanalo landowner searching for answers after mulch was dumped on his property. He said it was infested with Coconut ...

Visitors flock to the Hawaiian Islands for sun-soaked holidays filled with silky beaches, turquoise water, lush green hillsides — and naked palm trees missing their leafy crowns? That possibility has ...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Within the last year, two new insect pests, the coconut rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros, or CRB) and the little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata, or LFA) have ...

This Week Outdoors: Hummingbird migration, south from our region, has begun. Q. A female American toad has adopted me. She came to my deck and patio area about two months ago. She does not leave the ...