Indigenous practices can assist recovery of endangered waterbirds

A team of interdisciplinary researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Kamehameha Schools published evidence that indigenous practices in Hawaii expand waterbird habit in the face of rising seas. HIMB's Kawika Winter, Associate Professor of Aina Sciences and Heeia NERR Reserve Manager co-authored the paper published in Anthopocene.
August 10, 2023

White House Selects Dr. Kawika Winter for National Panel on Ocean Policy

SOEST News, first published on August 9, 2023. The biodiversity of the world’s oceans faces many threats such as climate change, invasive species, and more. President […]
February 22, 2023

In Memoriam: Global Conservationist, Groundbreaking Scientist Eleanor Sterling

UH News, first published February 21, 2023. Eleanor Jane Sterling, director of the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, died on February 11, 2023. […]
June 7, 2017

HIMB Program Receives “Thank You…Very Much!” Award

HIMB’s Community Education Program has been selected for the Lex Brodie’s “Thank you…Very Much” Award.
September 9, 2016
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Guardians of HIMB

Like most PhD students or any field biologist, I do not have a normal 9-5 working schedule.  Particularly over the summer, I, along with my lab […]