At top, Curtis in the Aulani Resort pool. He is part of a team that collects the eggs for aquatic researcher Chad Callan of the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University. Brandon Lau, left, Eric ...

Did you go fishing along the coastline, caught fish but didn’t know the name of the fish, or how to clean or cook the fish? Cassandra Pardee is a fisheries biologist and co-founder of Poseidon ...

Hawai‘i is a special group of islands because we are in the middle of the sea and lack barrier reefs. Our islands are relatively new compared to other island chains in the Pacific, like the ...

As a marine biologist studying Hawaiian reef fish all throughout the Hawaiian chain, I like how the Hawaiian people have named their fish species. The Hawaiian name has a meaning, which often ...

State officials are proposing changes to fishing rules, including the minimum size of certain fish that can be caught, in response to declining reef fish populations. Photo courtesy DLNR State ...

Abraham "Snake" Ah Hee rides waves when the surf’s up and dives for octopus and shells when the water is calm. The lifelong Lahaina, Hawaii, resident spends so much time in the ocean that his wife ...

Shane Takasane faces federal charges for allegedly smuggling aquarium fish such as the Hawaii yellow tang, seen above in a snorkeling lagoon at Aulani Resort’s Rainbow Reef. “The illegal trade of ...

HONOLULU — As muddy rainwater surged from Hawaii’s steep seaside mountains and inundated residential communities last month, the damage caused by flooding was obvious — houses were destroyed and ...

The spill that dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of molasses into Honolulu Harbor last week is suffocating the harbor's underwater inhabitants. The thick brown goop displaces oxygen-rich water ...

HONOLULU— Conservation groups, Native Hawaiian fishers and cultural practitioners sued the Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources today to protect West Hawai‘i’s reefs and coastal areas from ...