The Hawaiian islands have a variety of beautiful trees, both native and recently introduced. While neither the monkeypod tree (Samanea saman) nor the Moluccan albizia (Falcataria falcata) are native ...

A neotropical native, the monkeypod trees (Albizia/Pithecellobium saman) have naturalized in several US territories, particularly Hawaii — the home to the iconic Hitachi tree. Granted, they're tall, ...

Mention a mai tai and people might think of dimly lit bars adorned with tiki torches and wooden masks, or maybe people ...

The early morning sun streaks through monkeypod trees as my wife, Kaila, and I walk the aisles of the Kapi‘olani Community ...

“Right now, I’m sitting in my living room and I look out at the monkeypod trees, I look at the size and the strength and the shade that they give us.” His passion inspired a gift to the ...

The Festivals of Aloha is set to return for its third year, the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea announced. The weekend of ...

With a soundtrack of Samba music and a caipirinha cocktail in hand, I watch life on Brazil’s Trancoso coastline stroll by: ...

Monkeypod, which sources 95 percent of its food locally, comes from famed Hawaiian restaurateur Peter Merriman. It’s a great place for lunch. Start with a simple salad, such as the avocado ...

Colorful houses along the Quadrado Credit: Getty We passed the low-rise primary school which sits at the top of the Quadrado shaded by Monkeypod trees and heard the children reciting times tables.

This map shows the location of the proposed Department of Hawaiian Home Lands residential project, Pu‘unani homestead, on 48 acres in Waikapu. Munekiyo Hiraga map The 48-acre Department of ...

October in Guam is a great time to find migratory shorebirds arriving from their mating grounds in the far north to winter ...

Martin Kastner found a young noddy that had fallen out of her nest under a monkeypod tree. He called me, as I was in the vicinity for our Saturday night snake search on Dånó. We put her in a box ...