Invasive coconut rhinoceros beetles have been detected in the Kona area, including near the airport, according to state ...

A Kauai councilmember is sounding the alarm on the coconut rhinoceros beetle, calling it an an “all hands on deck” emergency.

The coconut rhinoceros beetle was first detected on Oahu in 2013, and has since been found in many neighborhoods on the island as well as on Kauai, Maui and Hawaii island.

The money raised from sales of Kim Taylor Reece's art will be used for tools and education on fighting infestations on Hawaii ...

Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture and Hawai‘i County Public Works have collaborated since January to combat the coconut rhinoceros beetle by treating palm trees in the Kona airport area after its was ...

The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture, with the assistance of the County of Hawai‘i Public Works Department, have been working collaboratively since January 2025 to combat the coconut rhinoceros ...

Hundreds of treated trees are tagged and surrounded with yellow tape, and coconuts from treated trees should not be consumed.

The state Department of Agriculture and Hawaii County Public Works Department have been working collaboratively since January to combat the coconut rhinoceros beetle after detections in the Kona area.

Rhinoceros Beetle. Image by Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The rhinoceros beetle may look like ...

Over the Easter weekend, a different kind of egg hunting occurred, as community volunteers hunted Kauai’s current invasive ...