Small red and orange insects with spots have been giving ladybugs a bad rap for the havoc they've been causing.

One morning this week while tying some unruly grapevines to their trellis wire, I came across an interesting insect that was hard to miss. It was a grapevine beetle just resting there on a grape leaf.

Hawaiʻi Island was ground zero for invasive species like the little fire ant and coquí frog. Now, officials and community ...

Have you ever run so fast that you had to stop and wait for your brain to catch up with what you saw while running? No? Well, it happens to tiger beetles all the time. Tiger beetles are a large group ...

KAILUA, Hawaii (KHON2) — The invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle continues to wreak havoc on Oahu’s trees, recent detections also raised concerns on the Big Island but early efforts appear to be ...

Half of Brooks Maloof’s trees were killed due to a pest. Maloof owns an orchard in Puna on Hawaii island. He said it started with a healthy avocado tree about a month after he purchased some mulch.

Coconut rhinoceros beetles pose a serious threat to Hawaii’s palm trees. These invasive beetles bore into the crowns of palms ...

MANGILAO, Guam — One of this island’s most notorious invasive species apparently is helping another, researchers say. A recent study shows that a lack of birds and rats — because of the brown tree ...

IDYLLWILD — The trouble started as a rust-colored tinge at the top of the pine trees on Jim Johnson’s lot in this village. Johnson, a lifelong resident of the mountain town, knew what would come next ...