October 2025

Reading time: 2 minutes CTAHR, SOEST, the Waikalua Loko Iʻa fishpond and Kauaʻi Sea Farms are working together to cultivate more sea cucumbers in Hawaiʻi. (Photo credit: Andre Seale) The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has secured a nearly $1.1 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to unlock reliable spawning techniques for […]

Reading time: 2 minutes Flight path of the CRB survey in Kona is shown in green. A team from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is taking a bird’s-eye view in the fight against one of Hawaiʻi’s most damaging invasive insects, the coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB). Live adult male coconut rhinoceros beetle. Researchers from UH

Reading time: 3 minutes C-MORE Hale The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) Hale celebrated its 15th anniversary on October 25, marking a decade and a half of cutting-edge discovery and sustainable design. Opened in 2010, the 26,997-square-foot facility has become a hub for groundbreaking

Reading time: 2 minutes The Department of Public Health Sciences is housed in the Biomedical Sciences Building. A new University of Hawaiʻi study reveals a striking 19-year difference in life expectancy among Hawaiʻi’s major ethnic groups. The updated analysis, published in the Hawaiʻi Journal of Health and Social Welfare (PDF), shows that while the state

Reading time: 2 minutes Changes in ENSO could reshape global rainfall patterns. (Photo credit: Todd Diemer via Unsplash) A powerful climate pattern that dictates weather worldwide is projected to undergo a dramatic transformation due to greenhouse warming, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Published in Nature

Reading time: 2 minutes Reconstructed image of the fast-spinning disc around star Beta Canis Minoris A groundbreaking new instrument that lets astronomers see deeper into space than ever before using a single telescope was brought to life with help from a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa faculty member. Installed on the Subaru Telescope atop Maunakea,

Reading time: 2 minutes Nanakuli shoreline. (Photo credit: CRC) A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa project aimed at boosting climate resilience on Oʻahu’s Waiʻanae coast has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the Department of Defense’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. Led by the Coastal Research Collaborative (CRC) in the School of Ocean

Reading time: 2 minutes Field test of the ReefVision Robotics surface unmanned marine system, designed to carry sensors that can detect invasive marine algae at HIMB. A cutting-edge marine platform designed to revolutionize coral reef monitoring and mapping called ReefVision Robotics was field tested in Kāneʻohe Bay by University of Hawaiʻi researchers. Lopes and Franklin

Reading time: 2 minutes A rare image of a live Franklin bumble bee on lupine at Mount Ashland, Oregon, captured in 1998 by the late Robbin W. Thorp. The photo was recently provided by Lynn Kimsey of UC Davis. A rare North American bumble bee may have been on a path toward extinction long before

Reading time: 2 minutes Manu o Kū with chick. (Photo credit: Kelly Furuya) Kapiʻolani Community College students are helping to uncover how the Manu o Kū (white tern, Gygis alba)—a small seabird with cultural and navigational significance in Hawaiʻi—thrives in the heart of the city. Guided by biology and ecology professor Wendy Kuntz, students are