Conquering My Fears in the Vertebrate Zoology Collection
Conquering My Fears in the Vertebrate Zoology Collection Home Page My name is Andrea, and I’m a first grade teacher at Mililani Waena Elementary School. Science has always been a weaker area for me, and with the update of science standards and the new approach for teaching them, I knew I needed help. So when […]
From unobservant to underwater explorer: takeaways from working in the Marine Invertebrate Zoology Collection
From unobservant to underwater explorer:Takeaways from working in the Marine Invertebrate Zoology CollectionWritten by Tianzhen Nie Home Page The summer before my senior year of college, I was preparing to study abroad in the Galapagos islands, and was told that I had to get my scuba diving certification before I ventured to Darwin’s Enchanted Islands. […]
Winged Ambassadors by Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge
Explore a free curriculum package focused on teaching STEM and ocean literacy skills through the eyes of albatrosses.
Finding Hawaiʻi’s Lost Fowl
Learn about ancient birds that inhabited Oahu thousands of years ago, and the role that Bishop Museum plays in revealing their natural history.
Butterfly Fish
Butterflyfish Home Page Dr. Richard Pyle and E.H. Chave first reported the presence of a species the butterflyfish genus Prognathodes in the Hawaiian Islands at depths of 106–187 meters, based on video and observations from research submersibles operated by the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL). They noted its similarity to P. guezei, a species then […]
HBS
The Hawaiʻi Biological Survey: A Bishop Museum Strategic Initiative to Document and Preserve Biodiversity By Kenneth A. Hayes, Director of the Pacific Center for Molecular Biodiversity at Bishop Museum Home Page This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, first proposed as a celebration to honor the Earth and peace. Later, it was recognized […]
Honeycreepers & Adaptive Radiation
Explore resources about the Hawaiian Honeycreepers and other unique forest birds found only in Hawaii.
RCL Perkins
RCL Perkins by Neal L. Evenhuis, Senior Entomologist Entomology Robert Cyril Layton Perkins (November 15, 1866–September 29, 1955), was an English naturalist known in Hawai‘i as the “Father of Hawaiian Zoology.” When he was just 26 years of age, he traveled from England to Hawai‘i in 1892 to survey its zoology for the British Association […]
Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach and Service Programs
Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach and Service Programs by Kelli DeLeon and Ken Hayes PCMB On October 1-3rd, BishopMuseum staff members Kelli DeLeon and Ken Hayes attended the annual Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach and Service Programs conference in Columbia, Maryland in preparation for developing a Hawaii Master Naturalist Program based at the Museum. This […]
Flightless Flies in Hawai‘i
Flightless Flies in Hawai‘i by Neal L. Evenhuis, Senior Entomologist Entomology The common joke goes …“What do you call a fly without wings? A walk”. Actually, most just hop. But I’ll wager many people do not think that there even can be things called ‘flightless flies’. Well, in Hawai‘i we have more species of flightless […]
