Rat lungworm infection can lead to hind-leg paralysis and brain damage in dogs. The southern US is facing waves of an invasive snail that carries rat lungworm.
The Apple Snail s pink mass of eggs can also cause skin and eye rashes if touched, experts said. Wildlife authorities want the public s help tracking and eradicating the snail
Grass from East Indian sugarcane to African Guinea grass have been introduced to Hawaii for centuries, predating the state's increased risk of wildfire.
More than 40 participants will be participating in the training from Hawai‘i and twenty Pacific Island Countries and Territories: American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, Nauru, Republic of Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.
They say you never forget your first wave. Up to 35 million people worldwide surf, a past-time that may be as old as the human discovery of oceans. In the cultures of the Polynesian islands, surfing was an ancient activity in which the ruling classes enjoyed the best boards and beaches.