A bill before the Hawaii Legislature would formally recognize the coconut tree as a food source, water source and cultural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every other day inside a lab on the third floor of the St. John Plant Science Laboratory building on the University of Hawaii at ...

As the coconut rhinoceros beetle wreaks havoc on Oahu’s coconut trees, one group is fighting back with a simple strategy: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Windward Oahu resident Jim Anthony credits the coconut for his ability to stay sharp at the ripe age of 91. He has some body aches ...

ASPEN – Local forest observers will have to wait until autumn before they know whether an experimental effort to halt the spread of mountain pine beetles Aspen’s Smuggler Mountain had the desired ...

The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is one of the most dreaded insects to have invaded North America and parts of Europe. Accidentally introduced to the United States in the early twentieth ...

Like a monster in a sci-fi movie, an invading black-and-white beetle with outsized striped antennae has the potential to undo the city's efforts to plant a million more trees. The Asian long-horned ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and several of her Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2025. The ...

The government is using drone and sniffer dogs to fight back against a beetle which is threatening to destroy trees across the UK after wreaking havoc in Europe. The spruce bark beetle, also known as ...

A coalition of Black Hills lawmakers, foresters and other interested parties is at odds with the governor’s office about the proper use of approximately $700,000 in state funds left over from the ...

Every other day inside a lab on the third floor of the St. John Plant Science Laboratory building on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, doctoral student Kristen Gaines opens up a refrigerator ...

Windward Oahu resident Jim Anthony credits the coconut for his ability to stay sharp at the ripe age of 91. He has some body aches and pains, he said, but coconut water is “vital” for his kidney ...