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DLNR???s proposed rules stir debate over cat management
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (89+ words) DLNR’s proposed rules stir debate over cat management West Hawaii Today DLNR’s proposed rules stir debate over cat management COURTESY DLNR / 2024 A male nene goose ate cat food that was left out at Queen Lili‘uokalani Park & Gardens in Hilo....
Blacktip shark ‘nursery’ discovered in Hilo Bay
2+ week, 5+ day ago (450+ words) Research at the University of Hawaii at Hilo has identified the first known blacktip shark nursery habitat in Hawaiian waters, offering new insight into how young sharks use Hilo Bay during their earliest years. The recently published study found juvenile…...
Tiger Fun Day is Saturday at Hilo’s zoo
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (250+ words) The Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation and the Friends of the Pana‘ewa Zoo invite the community to “Tiger Fun Day” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo and Gardens. The annual…...
Visitor accused of hurling rock at monk seal pleads not guilty
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (385+ words) COURTESY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE A witness took video of a man later identified as Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, of Covington, Wash., allegedly hurling a large rock toward a monk seal’s head as it was swimming in waters off Lahaina May 5. He…...
‘Seek-and-destroy’ nematodes key to fighting invasive beetle
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1180+ words) COURTESY OF EMMA STIERHOFF Entomopathogenic nematodes are tiny, smooth worms that eat and kill bugs including pests like the Queensland Longhorn Beetle that Hawaii island farmers have struggled controlling. Nematodes are reproduced in a University of Hawaii lab in Hilo....
Nene goslings take flight after surviving in Hilo park
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (551+ words) For the first time in recent years, three nene goslings successfully hatched in Lili‘uokalani Gardens — and survived. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the nonprofit Nene Research and Conservation have been closely monitoring the birds and…...
Scientists bet on AI to save gray whales from ship strikes off California coast
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (489+ words) LOS ANGELES — The leading killer of gray whales is not natural causes, disease or predators but human-made ship strikes. Last year, 21 gray whales were found dead around San Francisco Bay and 40% of those were from ship collisions. This year, seven…...
Steves: Going to the dogs (and other animals) in Europe
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (697+ words) At Working Sheepdogs, in the Scottish Highlands, you can see a demonstration of the dogs’ impressive skills. (Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli/ Rick Steves’ Europe) A performance of the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art in Jerez is art like you’ve never…...
Emperor penguins are now endangered, a new assessment finds
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (854+ words) Emperor penguins, the world’s largest and perhaps most recognizable penguin species, have joined the list of wildlife endangered by global warming, the International Union for Conservation of Nature announced Thursday. In an update of its Red List, a comprehensive and…...
Scientists stunned as chimpanzees turn on friends in killing spree
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (740+ words) For two decades, researchers observed members of the Ngogo chimpanzee group of Kibale National Park in Uganda spend their days eating fruits and leaves, resting, traveling and grooming in their tropical rainforest abode. But this stable community then fractured and…...