Many people refer to the Big Island in terms of its Leeward (or western Kona side) and its Windward (or eastern Hilo side), but there are other major designations. Areas like Kau, Puna ...

while returning from one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Without a map or GPS, Native Hawaiian navigator Nainoa Thompson, CEO of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, sailed the canoe there ...

Check out this excellent website for detailed information ... the rainfall scales on the maps are completely different for each island! Oahu and Maui are the driest Hawaiian islands in the areas ...

Though it can be easy to assume the six most visited Hawaiian Islands offer similar experiences, they are more diverse than you can imagine. From Waimea Canyon to Waikīkī Beach, Hawaii’s ...

The most popular way to get between different regions and islands in Hawaii is plane travel, which is fairly affordable and the quickest way to get around. When traveling within one particular island, ...

Though the hike back takes infinitely longer and requires many stops, we feel we deserve our dinner and we return for the ...

UPDATE : 4 :25 p.m. A flood advisory for Hawaii island has been extended until 7 :30 p.m. “At 4 :15 p.m., radar indicated heavy rain over several areas of leeward Big Island, with especially ...

Beyond colorful coral reefs and diverse nearshore ecosystems, Pacific Ocean waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands have comparatively little marine life and low biological productivity. New research ...

Scores of small earthquakes — the largest at magnitude 4.3 — rumbled along the Kama‘ehuakanaloa undersea volcano southeast of Hawaii island Friday night and Saturday, according to the U.S ...

The island’s name literally means a “low, flat island,” and so it was described to the explorers as being on an even level with the sea. “We were told by the natives, lay in that direction ...