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Kāhuli speaks to transformation as the 2025 Hawaiian Word of the Year
Kāhuli reminds us that transformation is both inevitable and essential – it moves away from the middle ground, emphasizing work that looks beyond “good enough.”
Hawaiʻi joins global initiative to preserve biological data of endangered species
Hawaiʻi is now at the center of a global “biobanking” network that will collect and store biological samples of endangered species for wildlife conservation purposes.
Gov. Green designates official state snails
Governor Josh Green, M.D., has signed legislation designating an official state kāhuli, or snail, for each of the main Hawaiian islands, as well as the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In a ceremony this Friday at Washington Place, Gov. Green signed into law House Bill 1899, which recognizes nine native snail species as state snails.
Festivals of Aloha announces 2023 schedule of events
This year’s Festivals of Aloha theme is “Kāhuli leo leʻa–Hoʻōla o ka wao,” or “Sweet-voiced kāhuli–Savior of the forest,” honoring the kāhuli snail.
Hawaiian land snail documentary ‘Kāhuli’ broadcast nationwide on PBS
A new episode of the Pacific Heartbeat series, titled “Hawaiʻi’s Precious Resources,” highlights the endangered Hawaiian land snails (kāhuli), exploring conservation efforts and the emotional toll of working to prevent their extinction.
Great Snail Bail: 8,000 rare Hawaiian land snails moved to larger lab
Thousands of rare, threatened and endangered Hawaiian snails were moved from their home at a trailer in Kailua to a new, lab facility in Pearl City Thursday morning, in a transfer that caretakers have dubbed, “The Great Snail Bail.”
Hawaiʻi stamp art contest winners highlight land snails and game birds
Conservation stamp winner, Alvin Galvez featured an endangered land snail found only on Oʻahu in his design. Game Bird stamp winner, Lauren Trangmar featured the chestnut-bellied sandgrouse, a popular game bird native to Africa and Asia and brought to Hawaiʻi in the 1960s in her design.
Year of the Kāhuli proclaimed for Hawaiʻi: Tiny native Hawaiian snails have big purpose
To recognize the big importance of tiny snails from Hawai’i, Gov. John Green on Thursday proclaimed 2023 the Year of the Kāhuli. The governor signed a proclamation Thursday that hails the native Hawaiian species, which inhabited almost every ecosystem across the state and played a key role in the natural and cultural life of Hawai’i, according to a state Department of Land and Natural Resources news release.