Islands are outposts for botanical marvels. These water-bound outcroppings often are home to some of the world's rarest plants, especially if they're far removed from other landmasses. Hawaii is the ...

Pineapple, plumeria and bird of paradise — people associate these iconic species with Hawaii, yet they aren’t Hawaiian. They’re foreign introductions, brought to these islands by people from other ...

This year West Hawaii has begun with less precipitation than we need to keep our landscapes healthy, so we again are aware of the importance to have well distributed rainfall. Planting shade trees in ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The National Tropical Botanical Garden is launching a new program to further its mission to restore relationships between the people of Hawaii and the islands’ native plants ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Closing out the year, over 90% of Hawaii's native flowering plants, are endemic to the state. If Hawaii loses them, they'd be gone forever. The plant extinction prevention ...

It’s believed the vandals broke into the Waimano greenhouse Friday night and photos shared on Facebook show staff arrived to find rare plants, trees and flowers in piles of dirt on the floor. Daniel ...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii — In the rugged embrace of the Waianae Mountains, a quiet victory unfolded on Monday as the U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii's Natural Resource Team took a stand for nature. With ...

Planting shade trees in along streets and parking lots can reduce temperatures by 20 to 30 degrees. Urbanization without sufficient landscaping is impacting Kona and Hilo, but Puna, Kohala and other ...