The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in search of ripe fruit from the towering saguaro ...

Whether it produces chicks or not, state wildlife officials are encouraged to see nesting behaviors within a cohort of five ...

For Hawaiians, native and otherwise, a lūʻau is a family or community celebration to which you must be invited. For the rest of us, we pay for some kind of buffet and show.

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Kai Kahele says he’s worried that after declaring English the national language, the president’s administration will undermine native language programs in Hawaii.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Members of the Hawaiʻi House of Representative Native Hawaiian Affairs Caucus presented their 2025 Legislative Package on Jan. 24, which was made up of four priority bills ...

On Tuesday, the Hawaiian Homes Commission approved the “Indigent Native Hawaiian Homesteading Pilot Project” giving Manaole a year-long right of entry permit, essentially making him the ...

The release of the Hawaiian crow, also called the ʻalala, is the culmination of decades of conservation work on an endangered bird many Native Hawaiians regard as sacred. It is also the latest ...

This is how you do things.’” And they’re almost always right, she says. From a young age, the birds were introduced to native Hawaiian food sources, including insect species and fruits.

Like other local flora, they’re central to traditional Native knowledge. “You lose some of Hawaiian culture when you lose some of these plants.” ...

Separating medical data from culturally distinct Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) groups can improve health outcomes ...

The USDA described last year's outbreak as "unprecedented," and called it the worst infestation of invasive fruit flies that California had seen in at least a century. The quarantines ordered due ...