A large population of king crabs is consuming its neighbors and altering the habitat by digging in the soft sediments of the Antarctic shelf.

Some 8.7 million species inhabit Earth, according to a new estimate by UH Mānoa geographer Camilo Mora and colleagues in Canada.

Solar pasteurization, solar distillation and natural riverbank filtration are low cost water treatment technologies evaluated in a new book co-edited by Chittaranjan Ray.

Cancers including mesothelioma and melanoma of the eye linked to BAP1 gene mutation.

Declining coral reef growth as a result of ocean acidification explained with new proton flux hypothesis by Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology Researcher Paul Jokiel.

Sharks are monitored in Palau with a new 14-station acoustic array as part of an effort to protect the species in Micronesia waters.

Recent University of Hawaiʻi astronomy discoveries include a new comet and black holes from the early universe.

Wind and solar energy could supply more than 25 percent of Oʻahu’s electricity demand, a UH study shows.

Marine biologists use cameras and accelerometers to explain swimming behavior in sharks.

Rings in the trunks of Southwest United States trees provide information that could improve models predicting the impact of global warming on the El Nino and La Nina cycles.