Two World War II Japanese submarines, designed with revolutionary technology to attack the U.S. mainland, have been discovered off the coast of Oʻahu.

Because rats dine on both indigenous snails and the destructive non-native snails they compete with, controlling rats raises conservation concerns.

Male humpback whales appear to prefer full-figured mates, according to University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo researcher.

In two studies on body mass index, UH Mānoa researchers find that heavy adolescents have heavy friends and heavy women have poor relationships.

Sediment samples suggest carbon dioxide alone can’t explain the marked increase in global surface temperatures 55 million years ago.

For the first time, scientists identify disks with enough mass to form a planetary system like our own around both stars in an optically visible binary system.

UH researcher and colleagues produce first list of alien slugs and snails that could pose agricultural, environmental or human risks if introduced in the United States.

Whale carcasses create a rich life-supporting deep-sea ecosystem similar to the chemosynthetic habitats found at undersea cold seeps and hydrothermal vents.

UH scientists participated as a new underwater vehicle visited the deep sea Mariana Trench for the first time since 1998.

Mauna Kea edged out a Chile site as future home of the Thirty Meter Telescope, which will be the world’s most powerful optical instrument