Tuesday is Earth Day, and it is also Native Hawaiian Plant Month. One of our most important and beloved native flora is the ...

An untreated scrape on a person’s skin can lead to a staph infection; a similar but more drastic result is true for ohia. When some external force breaks through a tree’s bark, invading ...

An ohia stands tall on Hawaii island but has one infected branch that will quickly kill the rest of the tree. According to Lissa Strohecker of the Maui Invasive Species Committee, a tree in Hana ...

The Hawaii Department of Agriculture, meanwhile, reminds travelers of quarantine restrictions on the transport of ohia from Hawaii island to prevent the spread of rapid ohia death, a fungal plant ...

2 /2 COURTESY HDOA The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is reminding travelers going to the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo that the transport of ohia or any parts of the ohia is not allowed off ...