UH lab: Stranded humpback whale calf had traumatic brain injury
The Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology team transported the carcass to the Health and Stranding Lab for a postmortem exam.
Coastal management, policy fellows to work with state, federal agencies
Three postgraduate fellows will work directly with state and federal agencies to obtain relevant policy experience in Hawaiʻi, to pursue career opportunities in their home state.
Fish Flow map: from ocean to dinner table
Researchers can follow when and where fish are spawned, to where they disperse and grow, to when and where they are captured, transported and eaten.
Sources of pollution in West Hawaiʻi waters identified by UH Hilo researchers
Researchers discovered troublesome nutrients in coastal waters and coral reefs off West Hawaiʻi are from human sources, like fertilizer run off.
New collection highlights Indigenous perspectives on conservation biology
The special issue of Pacific Conservation Biology was edited by two University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers.
How to protect native, endangered birds from solar installations in Hawaiʻi
The report concludes, “We all want solar power to succeed but it requires planning rather than reacting.”
UH experts help to save rare endangered plant from brink of extinction
Ka palupalu o Kanaloa is historically found to grow on the rocky cliffs of Kahoʻolawe.
Azure-tailed lizard species rediscovered on Hawaiʻi Island
William Mautz confirmed a population of the once commonly found lizard exists along the Hāmākua Coast.
706-acre Pālamanui forest preserve a ‘living laboratory’
Agreement helps to protect endangered low-land forest ecosystem.
Ocean wilderness areas key to sustaining fish populations
Wilderness areas shelter many important and threatened species like sharks, groupers, jacks and snappers, which require large spaces to thrive.
