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

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...