Heidi Bornhurst talks about designing a zoo habitat for elephants, using a forklift to pick up her future husband and why grass is a super alien.
We spent weeks contemplating some of Honolulu’s oldest, biggest and most impressive trees to capture their natural magnificence.
The history of Hawai‘i from our files.
Hikers can help the public-private partnership with repairs now.
Illegal tree burning in the wildlife sanctuary harms natural resources.
Record drops in travel, trash and electricity use won’t last, but the lessons learned from them can. Here’s how we move forward.
She started the first state insectary, established to propagate native rare invertebrates and other of Hawai‘i’s smallest and most overlooked species, including our state insect, the Kamehameha butterfly.
On private lands across Hawai‘i, generations of families and ranchers have hosted and cared for the endangered bird.
The world’s ending. Time to give up snack packs.
Balls packed with healthy bacteria may offer a way to restore the ecosystem of the polluted Ala Wai Canal.
Get to know our state bird with these fun facts and a timeline that tracks the endangered goose’s road to recovery.
The streets of Honolulu are paved with gold (flowers).
Ongoing efforts to save Hawai‘i’s last remaining crow seem promising, but officials warn that it’s still a long road ahead.
O‘ahu is the only major Hawaiian island with no wild nēnē.
The director of the city’s Department of Emergency Management oversees recovery and planning efforts to make O‘ahu a more resilient, safer place to live.
The sight of humpback whales and new calves are a thrilling part of Hawai‘i’s winter season.
Over time, people have tried an impressive range of tactics to repel sharks. But do they work? Not well enough ...
Only a quarter of STEM jobs in the U.S. are filled by women. Here are six making a difference in Hawai‘i.
Field Notes explores Honolulu’s vast and varied scenes and subcultures. This month: the Mālama Maunalua community huki.
Maybe we should hang on to all those emergency supplies we bought earlier.
We asked the experts how Hawai‘i’s waterbirds could have survived April’s historic flooding on Kaua‘i.
With the recent unprecedented volcanic emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency has stepped in on the Big Island with measures appropriate for a major toxic event. If it’s that serious there, what’s in store for O‘ahu? We take a deep breath and examine the new reality of vog—and what we can do about it.
How the state is dealing with king tides, eroding beaches and trash in the Ala Wai.
Conservationists have spent decades working to re-establish Hawai‘i’s last remaining crow—the ‘alalā—in the wild.
We aren’t picky, we’re just…discerning.
Hawai‘i is full of amazing places. Most of them you’re free to visit, but there are a few where you’re just not allowed. Here’s a peek into Hawai‘i’s coolest off-limits corners.
We take a look inside your high school yearbooks to find what’s changed about the local high school experience over the years, and what’s stayed exactly the same.
Hole-in-the-wall general stores dishing up their own eats— even if it’s just one ‘ono item—are a beloved part of Island life. Here are a few of Hawai‘i’s best.
Need something to read—or hand to someone who does? Here’s HONOLULU’s first-ever list of the most iconic, trenchant and irresistible Island books, as voted by a panel of literary community luminaries.