Hawaiian Newspaper Translation- Life Science

Summary: Amusing anecdote/dialogue on why moss doesn’t grow on a metal ball in a Kualoa River demonstrating scientific curiosity, inquiry.

Categories: Life Science, Scientific Practice, Industrial Waste Pollution

Reference: Ball Where Moss Doesnʻt Grow – Poka ulu Olaia e ka Limu (1909, 13 August), Kuokoa Home Rula, Volume VII, Number 33.

Summary: An 1857 article announcing the first introduction of frogs in order to keep pests down in a loʻi

Categories: Life Science, Place

Reference: Introduction of Frogs to Hawaiʻi – He mea hou (1857, 30 September), Ka Hae Hawaii, Volume 2, Number 27.

Summary: An article describing the ʻōʻō bird including its physical appearance, sounds, and use of feathers.

Categories: Life Science, Place

Reference: ʻŌʻō Bird / Manu ʻŌʻō (1863, June 6).Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume II, Number 23.

Summary: An article describing the noio bird including its physical appearance and how they reveal fish in the ocean.

Categories: Life Science, Ocean

Reference: Noio Bird / Manu Noio (1863, June 6). Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume II, Number 23.

Summary: An article describing the ʻiwa (Great frigate bird) including its physical appearance, behavior, naming, and details of its flight.

Categories: Life Science, Ocean

Reference: A Few Thoughts of Birds of the Sky / He Wahi Hoʻomanaʻo no nā Manu o ka Lewa (1893, July 25). Ka Lei Momi, Volume I, Number 28.