Welcome to Project Kupa’a Kamawaelualani blog post #2. These blog posts are a preview of the online educational course–complete with lessons, videos, and quizzes–that HRHF is releasing for the Spring semester of 2021. The course will be free and offered in English and Hawaiian. Today, we present the Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa, Hawaii’s state fish. “Humuhumu,” the first part of the name, …
Raccoon Butterflyfish – Kīkākapu
This is the first in a series of HRHF blog posts aimed at combining western biological sciences with traditional Hawaiian knowledge as they relate to marine life on Kaua’i. With each blog, we will highlight a different fish, coral, or other marine animal, and explore the basic biology and cultural connection of that animal. Each blog provides a preview of …