Sep 18 2024
The wildlife of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is unlike that of almost any other national park in the United States. Thousands of miles of open Pacific Ocean isolated the Hawaiian Islands from continental ecosystems, allowing the animals that successfully reached these remote volcanic islands to evolve in remarkable ways. Native birds dominate the park’s wildlife …
Jun 22 2024
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park protects one of the most dynamic landscapes on Earth, a place where molten rock continues building the island of Hawaiʻi while tropical rainforest, high-elevation shrubland, desert, lava tubes, coastal cliffs, and centuries of Native Hawaiian culture surround two of the world’s most remarkable volcanoes. The park extends from the Pacific Ocean …
