The researchers suggest the lionfish¡¯s success as a hunter is likely due to a combination of its particular stalking pattern, mouth suction and forward momentum as it strikes—characteristics that are unlike native fish predators.
The sound of the ʻuaʻu or Hawaiian petrel was heard on Maunakea, thanks to the Office of Maunakea Management and the UH Hilo Listening Observatory for Hawaiian Ecosystems Bioacoustics Lab.
The project used “metabarcoding,” a technique in which all of the DNA in a water sample is analyzed in one step with DNA sequencing.
UH researchers went to Antarctica to test the prevailing theory that animals living in extreme cold can grow to giant sizes because their metabolisms are very slow.
Hawaii Forest & Trail, has donated $25,000 to the University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at Hilo Biology Department to support research to reduce avian diseases in Â鶹´«Ã½.
David Duffy was awarded the Pacific Seabird Group¡¯s Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to seabird management and conservation science.
Associate professor Megan Porter discovered a unique animal, called a “thread-legged bug,” in an underground lava tube on Â鶹´«Ã½ Island.
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ students, administrators and officials signed their names on the final beam of the building¡¯s steel structure before it was lifted into place.
The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ is one of 12 institutions included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2018–2019 Fulbright U.S. Scholars.
Many of the researchers and their students are addressing two critical and intertwined health problems: the deteriorating environment and the current spread of diseases.