Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HALEIWA, Hawaii (KHON2) — Hawaii’s palm trees are on the chopping block. Download the free KHON2 app for iOS or Android to stay ...

Across the Hawaiian Islands, the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle is threatening to make Hawaii's palms disappear. Native to Southeast Asia, the beetle has been killing or badly damaging large ...

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 ...

That is according to the Hawaii Farm Bureau and Hawaii’s CRB Response organization, which says damage is spreading to crops like banana and sugarcane. Those who drive past the palm trees in Waikele ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COURTESY HDOA Workers conduct coconut rhinoceros beetles treatment on palm trees at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport.

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," ...

Over time, this single ancestral introduction evolved into over 20 distinct species of endemic loulu. As Hawai‘i’s only native palm, loulu is featured in numerous Hawaiian chants and legends. Vast ...

Members of the International Palm Society and Hawaii Island Palm Society are about to embark on an adventure from the Peruvian Amazon to high in the Andes studying the palms of those regions. This is ...