Tobias Koehler, director of the McBryde and Allerton gardens, said their priority is protecting loulu palm. The roughly 700-tree collection comprises all but one of the 27 loulu species found on Earth ...

A dead coconut rhinoceros beetle was found in September among compost bags at a big-box store on Maui. The invasive beetle — first detected in Hawaii in December 2013 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KANEOHE, Hawaii (KHON) — Since 2013, coconut rhinoceros beetles have been attacking palm trees in Hawaii. Residents took the fight ...

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 ...

The palms along much of Oahu’s North Shore are losing their fronds and dying, a harbinger of the fate of others on the rest of the island. The same is happening in Pupu­kea, where residents are ...

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 ...

Hawaii is stepping up its efforts to stop the spread of the coconut rhinoceros beetle, an invasive species that "jeopardizes the economy, the entire ecosystem, agriculture and food security," ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles have the potential to bring Hawaiʻi’s agriculture commerce to its knees. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, CRBs were first ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) - With the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) becoming a bigger problem on Oahu, a Department of Agriculture advisory committee is recommending rules be updated to stop the spread of the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two coconut rhinoceros beetles (CRB) were found on the Kona coast this week. According to the Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC), a live adult beetle was found in ...

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 ...