#honu

This year marks the 50th anniversary of NOAA sending field researchers to Lalo to monitor honu (Hawaiian green sea turtles) that migrate there to mate and lay their eggs.

Part of the mission of the Maunakea Observatories is to share their discoveries with Big Island students and the public. And sometimes, getting that conversation started can be as simple as minting a coin.

Skye Ombac dreamed of finishing the IRONMAN World Championship but was daunted by the idea of training alone.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park staff rescued more than a dozen honuʻea (Hawaiian hawksbill sea turtle) hatchlings trapped in a nest beneath a rock.

Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund (HWF) learned that reports were being made of large numbers of sea turtles that had been stranded or trapped as a result of the eruption.

The U.S. Coast Guard Barbers Point Air Station provided space on a low-flying C-130 plane to DLNR representatives to look for any green sea turtles.

State wildlife officials are reminding the public that both green sea and hawksbill turtles are protected by a variety of state and federal laws.

Volunteers in a turtle protection project found themselves taking care of a different type of turtle last year.