Tiny beetles that feed on fruit from the palm family may have developed their taste for coconuts long ago, according to a team of scientists studying suspected insect damage in a 60-million-year-old ...

The Office of Insular Affairs (DOI-OIA) of the U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded $239,994 to the University of Guam College of Natural and Applied Sciences in response to a grant proposal ...

WAIKOLOA VILLAGE, Hawaii (Island News) -- On Hawaii Island, efforts have been underway to prevent the spread of the coconut rhinoceros beetle. The invasive insect has been found in Waikoloa village ...

At 2 1/2-inches long and sporting large horns on the front of its head, the coconut rhinoceros beetle is a remarkable-looking creature, but this lumbering giant of an insect is also a devastating pest ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle is changing Oahu’s canopy. The city removed an infested coconut tree at Kaiaka Bay Beach Park in Haleiwa on Monday in an effort to control the ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Tiny beetles that feed on fruit from the palm family may have developed their taste for coconuts long ago, according to a Penn State-led team of scientists studying suspected ...