invasive species

Dubbed "Akamai Arrival," the project aims to figure out how compliance in filling out the forms changes if passengers receive them digitally instead of via paper on the plane.

Since October, volunteers have been meeting every Thursday evening in Waimānalo to hike around in the dark and capture coqui frogs.

Dozens of food and agriculture bills that could affect farmers, ranchers, consumers and more were set to be heard in conference hearings at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol last week. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.

It’s not entirely clear how many dogs are being used in Hawaiʻi for invasive species detection, but some estimate more than a dozen between various organizations and state and federal agencies. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.

Little fire ant infestations continue to concern the state. In response, the state Department of Agriculture has launched a program to eradicate these invasive pests across Hawaiʻi.

Lawmakers nixed a proposal to move the Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council from under the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. Local conservation advocates and invasive species experts opposed moving HISC from the start.

As measures to manage pests continue to move through this session, state officials are urging lawmakers to also provide the necessary resources to carry them out.

The University of Hawaiʻi this week announced that a recent survey of the area turned up just one ant — only a year after dozens of houses in the Lanikai loop and beach areas were found to be harboring the invasive pest.

A small parasitic fly listens to the mating song of the Pacific field cricket to track the insects down. As these crickets have evolved different songs to escape the fly, it seems the fly has been able to adapt. The Conversation talked to University of Denver behavioral ecologist Robin Tinghitella about her research.

Workers on Guam who have kept the invasive brown tree snake out of Hawaiʻi were recently spared from losing their jobs in a federal cut — but are now being forced from the facilities where they work.