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These pests have been wreaking havoc on Hawaii's vegetation, and palm trees in particular. If you spot one, don't let it go — bag it, freeze it, and report it.

A coconut may seem like a simple tropical fruit, but it is actually a well-designed natural packaging. You will be surprised ...

The palms along much of Oahu’s North Shore are losing their fronds and dying, a harbinger of the fate of others on the rest of the island. The same is happening in Pupu­kea, where residents are ...

At 2 1/2-inches long and sporting large horns on the front of its head, the coconut rhinoceros beetle is a remarkable-looking creature, but this lumbering giant of an insect is also a devastating pest ...

State officials are on high alert after an arborist found 17 live coconut rhinoceros beetle larvae Tuesday morning while cutting down coconut palms in Kihei. The arborist — who was hired to remove 12 ...

Tobias Koehler, director of the McBryde and Allerton gardens, said their priority is protecting loulu palm. The roughly 700-tree collection comprises all but one of the 27 loulu species found on Earth ...

Coconut trees are having a moment. The coconut palm, which is just one of more than 2,500 species of palm tree, is a universal symbol of the tropics. It's prolific in the South Indian state of Tamil ...