Fishermen here in Hawai‘i like to catch the giant trevally (ulua) or a large bluefin trevally (omilu), as these are the two most common large…
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For the past five years, I have been in the National Geographic series every summer called “When Sharks Attack.” The purpose of the show is…
In 1830 at the age of 16, Englishman George “Old Keoki” Charman (1814-92) signed on board a whaleship at Sussex, England, and went to sea.…
Hanalei Bay is a complex ecosystem due to all of the rain we get along with large surf and a huge wetland area. Rivers that…
When we are out snorkeling here in Hawai‘i, we all see hard stony coral that has different colors. Coral is made up of a hard…
A Category 5 hurricane hit the western end of the northwest Hawaiian Islands a few years back and the sea reclaimed several small coral atolls.…
Fish that evolved on our coral reefs here in Hawai‘i all have predators that may eat them, but they recognize the predators and normally only…
Omilu, the bluefin trevally, gets quite large and is one of the top predator fish on the Hawaiian coral reef and it often hunts small…
Hawai‘i has more than 15 jellyfish species that float around our islands and sometimes show up on our beaches. The box jellyfish is a small…
The hawksbill sea turtles are very rare and critically endangered here in Hawai‘i. There are thought to be less than 300 adult breeding females in…