Rick Barboza of Hui Ku Maoli Ola has used alahe‘e for his household because it's shaped like a traditional Christmas tree.

Volunteers weed the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens native coastal garden. April is Native Hawaiian Plant Month, and the botanical garden is a great place to learn about and get native plants to grow ...

inspects a holokea plant. There are just 57 of them left. It, like many native Hawaiian species, is able to hold onto rainfall with adaptations like rough textured leaves, fine hairs, and multiple ...

After a period of colonial suppression, traditional kapa making is enjoying a sustained resurgence. In recent decades, a ...

In Hawaiʻi, however, we have the option of celebrating Christmas a little differently by using native plants and flowers to decorate our trees and homes. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news ...

Forests for Life explores the dedication and passion of those committed to preserving Hawaii's dwindling biodiversity by focusing on the protection of critically endangered native plants.

After years in captivity, five members of a rare bird species called the ʻalalā, or Hawaiian crow, are flying free in the wild, officials announced Wednesday.