Probably the first pioneer plants to arrive in Hawaii were mosses and ferns. Ferns have been around for over 360 million years. Giant tree fern forests were common for millions of years but they gave ...

Hawaiian gardens have long been famous for their vast array of orchids and other showy flowering plants. Ferns on the other hand don’t get top billing in most landscapes even though they were probably ...

Horticulturalist and Hawaiian fern expert Kay Lynch works in one of her research greenhouses at La‘au Hawai‘i, her nonprofit nursery. She is pictured among hapuu pulu tree ferns. Palapalai fern ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A fern species that was believed to be extinct when the last known specimen died on Hawaii’s Big Island has been found on the island of Kauai. The native pendant kihi fern, which ...

A fern species that was believed to be extinct was found on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, The Associated Press reported Thursday. A group from the Hawaii Plant Extinction Prevention Program (HPEPP) ...

Boat tours abound in Hawaii, but there’s only one that journeys inland -- away from the ocean -- and into a tropical rainforest. The Smith family has been taking visitors to Kauai on entertaining, ...

The Smith family has been operating tours on flat-bottomed boats for more than 70 years on the only navigable river in Hawaii (for boats larger than kayaks). Four times a day, their boats take ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A fern species that was believed to be extinct when the last known specimen died on Hawaii's Big Island has been found on the island of Kauai. *No charge for 4 weeks then billed as ...