#conservation

The University of Hawai’i-led research team determined the energy costs of the first two-thirds of pregnancy are negligible, comprising 0.01% to 1.08% of the energy used. The majority of energy needs come in the third trimester, when requirements spike to 98.2%.

The Hawaiʻi Island Festival of Birds will be a full-day of panels, presentations, cultural demonstrations, soundscapes and a fair all about native manu.

Since news got out about the impending closure of the Makauwahi Cave Reserve, two of its three resident tortoises have been reported stolen and the other is missing.

Throughout the past decade, more than 50 Hawaiian monk seals have been treated at the Kona facility and released back into the wild.

The free competition features a total of $5,000 in prizes – and demonstrates ways in which fishers can aid in fisheries research.

Despite the existence of one, two, or three ‘akikiki remaining in the wild, the forest bird species is considered functionally extinct.

Paula de la Cruz of Kapa‘au seeks ‘to communicate the beauty of the quiet world of botany.’

Recent high school graduates, college graduates and young professionals looking to establish a career in conservation are strongly encouraged to apply by June 21.

Five local partners will share their priorities, achievements and concerns related to watersheds in the region and across the Big Island.

NOAA is continuing to investigate the pup’s death, and an individual is cooperating with law enforcement officials.

Announced by the Trust for Public Land, or TPL, a national nonprofit that works to protect public land, the designation will ensure that under existing federal conservation and the Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration programs, funding for land conservation will include farming and ranch land, watershed protection, habitat restoration management, support military readiness and climate resiliency in Hawaiʻi.

H.B. 2619, which appropriates almost $20 million, awaits a final vote by the Senate and House of Representatives.

In addition to live music, attendees will enjoy local food from several of Hawai‘i’s culinary standouts, and more.

Hawaiian Electric has been asking its customers to conserve for the past several weeks and officials say it’s helping.

According to the utility company, this is an usual situation as the large generators are experiencing mechanical problems resulting in a reduced output.

Members of Reef Guardians – an ocean conservation nonprofit based on Kaua‘i and in Santa Barbara, California – first uncovered the strange coral in 2021.

Hawai‘i is experiencing a bird extinction crisis, with roughly two-thirds of its known native manu nahele species having become extinct.

The free contest promotes the importance of reducing water waste and protecting drinking water supplies. It challenges keiki to utilize artistic ways to depict conserving our most precious resource – safe drinking water.

Flint Hughes and Dennis Grossman have studied how the Ki‘ula Forest fared, nearly three decades after 900 of its 2,500 acres were cut down.

On the last Saturday of January, February and March each year, during the peak of whale season in Hawaiʻi, hundreds of volunteers head to shorelines throughout the state, including the Big Island, to count and observe the marine mammals that migrated 3,000 miles to mate, calve and nurse their young.