Their beaklike mouths are used to probe corals and reef crevices in search ... votes were cast in 1984 to name the State of Hawaii’s official fish. The lauwiliwili nukunuku ‘oi’oi finished ...

“Corals are the backbone of the ocean, of fish,” said Adam Wong ... Reef Watch program show coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in a “major bleaching event.” ...

The Hawaiian islands are known for their gorgeous sunsets and white sandy beaches, but you'll miss half of their natural ...

Hawaii’s coral reefs are already in trouble from climate change ... Hawaii routinely extracted hundreds of thousands of endemic and indigenous Hawaiian reef fish and invertebrates a year, packaging ...

Trump said he will allow U.S.-flagged vessels to fish within 50 to ... square miles of open ocean, coral reef and island habitats. Located south and west of Hawaii, the area is home to seven ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that seeks to open up 400,000 square miles of ocean southwest of Hawaii to commercial fishing ... s most pristine coral reefs and ocean ...

What’s at risk in the Pacific The Pacific Island Heritage National Marine Monument, about 750 miles west of Hawaii, is dotted by coral reefs and atolls, with species of fish, marine mammals and ...

Approximately one-fourth of the plants, fish and invertebrates found in Hawaiian coral reefs are endemic to Hawai‘i. Coral reefs are intrinsic to Hawaiian culture and fundamental to the fabric of ...

(Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services ... some 490,000 square miles of open ocean, coral reef and island habitats. Located south and west of Hawaii, the area is home to seven national ...