Creature Feature
Every year, for a week in late January or early February a group of people from a variety of backgrounds from the USGS, University of Hawaii, Mauna Kea Restoration Project, Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project, Mauna Kea Watershed, Hakalau, Three Mountain Alliance, HVNP plus others get together to help census the Pali...
Most people are not fond of snails. Snails are known as serious garden and agricultural pests. Some like to eat them, but most of us think of them as slimy critters. The native Hawaiian snails however deserve a second look. While one type of native Hawaiian snail is affectionately called “Snot with a Hat” by malacologists like Lisa Hadway, othe...
Hawaiian Name: 'Io
Scientific Name: Buteo solitarius
Status: Endangered Native Species
A symbol of Hawaiian royalty and favored by ali'i (chiefs). Currently, habitat destruction, nest disturbance and hunting threaten survival of this species....
Scientific Name: Capra hircus
History: Introduced to Hawaiian Islands in 1778 by Captain James Cook.
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Hawaiian Name: Opeapea
Scientific Name: Lasiurus cinereus semotus
The Hawaiian Bat is the only endemic land mammal in Hawaii that is extant (surviving). The Hawaiian Bat has been on the federal list of endangered species since the 1970s.
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Scientific Name: Eupithecia spp.
Family Geometridae (Inchworms), Eupithecia spp.
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Hawaiian Name: Ilio holo ikauaua
Scientific Name: Monachus schauinslandi
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Scientific Name: Vanessa tameamea
Distribution: Endemic to Hawaiian islands, found mainly in upland woodlands. The Kamehameha Butterfly was the first of the Lepidoptera to be described in the Hawaiian Islands and named in the early 1800s for Kamehameha I.
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