Hawaii's Big Island bans feeding feral cats in an effort to help endangered native species

Hawaii's Big Island is banning people from feeding feral cats in an effort to protect native species, including an endangered ...
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Hawaiis New Law Bans Feeding Feral Animals to Save Native Wildlife Big Island Faces Controversy

A groundbreaking county regulation aims to protect Hawaii’s fragile ecosystems by outlawing food for feral animals, sparking ...
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Meet Hawaii's 'jewels of the forest' — some of the rarest animals on Earth

When Hurricane Douglas came barreling toward Oahu in 2020, David Sischo quickly packed up and drove to higher ground. But he wasn't evacuating his family. He was evacuating snails. Sischo works with ...
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Why Hawaii’s Most Iconic Animal Never Earned a State Title

Learn how Hawaii’s honu went from hunted staple to protected icon and what this sea turtle represents to the islands today.
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Seaweed under siege: ‘Humble limu’ faces threat from non-native species

Hilo Bay and other Hawaii shorelines are being plagued by invasive seaweed species, which University of Hawaii researchers have discovered are outcompeting native species. Veronica Gibson, a UH-Manoa ...
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‘Humble limu’ faces threat from non-native seaweed species

Veronica Gibson, a UH-Manoa postdoctoral researcher, said the invasive seaweed species, such as the spiny seaweed, grow too quickly and out-compete native limu seaweed species. “If we were to restore ...