Tobias Koehler, director of the McBryde and Allerton gardens, said their priority is protecting loulu palm. The roughly 700-tree collection comprises all but one of the 27 loulu species found on Earth ...

These pests have been wreaking havoc on Hawaii's vegetation, and palm trees in particular. If you spot one, don't let it go — ...

Hawaiʻi island residents have been tracking coconut rhinoceros beetles' destruction throughout the islands. Fearing the same for their home, they're urging the state to move faster.

The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity will move forward with starting an interim rule-making process to combat the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every other day inside a lab on the third floor of the St. John Plant Science Laboratory building on the University of Hawaii at ...

A dead coconut rhinoceros beetle was found among compost bags at a Maui big-box store on Monday by staff from the state Department of Agriculture, the department announced Thursday. Staff from the ...

COURTESY HDOA Workers conduct coconut rhinoceros beetles treatment on palm trees at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport. COURTESY HDOA Workers conduct coconut rhinoceros beetles treatment on ...

The state Department of Agriculture established a new interim rule on Wednesday to help stop the movement of the coconut rhinoceros beetle, three weeks after a dead beetle was found among compost bags ...

A teeny robot designed to replicate the wing dynamics of rhinoceros beetles could be well-suited for search-and-rescue missions, as well as spying on real insects, according to researchers at ...