Sam 'Ohu Gon III, senior scientist and cultural adviser at The Nature Conservancy in Hawaii, said rainbows are considered a symbol of Kāne, one of the four main gods in Hawaiian tradition.

This out-and-back hike starts at the Hawaii Nature Center. Considered an easy to moderate trek, the Makiki Valley Trail is part of the Honolulu-Mauka Trail Network. As you wander along the path ...

Researchers believe an ancient shrine or worship site in Hawaii acted “as a sophisticated seasonal calendar.” The heiau, as it’s known in Hawaiian, was reconstructed in 2007 and dates to the early to ...

Researchers are training ‘mighty’ marine fungi to quickly eat polyurethane, one of our most common plastics. In a world that ...

Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii’s Goro the Tiger isn't just an adorable animal companion, as he doubles as the perfect totem for Goro ...

Restrained architectural language and material choices ensure the design feels contextual – in the wider environment of the island's leafy nature and Hawaii's modernist architecture legacy. 'Our ...

The Mark Twain Annual, Vol. 17, No. 1, Special issue: Mark Twain and Nature (2019), pp. 159-172 (14 pages) https://doi.org/10.5325/marktwaij.17.1.0159 • https://www ...