I can remember when the nighttime sounds of forests on the Big Island in Hawaii were filled only with the unique songs of native insects. Having studied native Hawaiian crickets for nearly three ...

Reporting from Hilo, Hawaii — There’s a different kind of neighborhood watch on duty in Puuloa, a small rural subdivision on Hawaii’s Big Island. Wearing headlamps and armed with hand sprayers filled ...

Co-QUI Co-QUI! The call of the coqui frog is ringing throughout some of our Haiku neighborhoods. Though it may have seemed the frogs were gone in January and February, they were probably lying low, or ...

A coquí frog sits on a tree branch in El Yunque rainforest in Caimito, Puerto Rico. The tiny frog is named coqui after its distinctive two-note call of "ko-KEE, ko-KEE," and has become a symbol for ...

For many Puerto Ricans, the nightly chirping of “coh-KEE” — the sound of a tiny frog known as the coquí — is like a national lullaby. But for one purported tourist, the noise felt more like a ...

That which you cannot change is wisest to accept. Or, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. Hawaii County government has come to accept that the coqui frog is now a permanent resident of Hawaii island. If ...

Bad Bunny’s latest album amplifies the voices of Puerto Rico’s coquí and endangered crested toad, highlighting the urgent need to protect the island’s fragile ecosystems and cultural heritage. The ...