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Nicole Lawler, Sports Editor Oct 26, 2025 University of Hawai‘i’s Swimming and Diving teams hosted Grand Canyon University (GCU) on Oct. 24-25 for their only home meet of the season. Between the Warriors and Wāhine, five records for the Duke Kahanamoku complex have been replaced.  Day one was a sweep for Hawai‘i, with the Men’s team winning 117-107, and the Women’s team running away with a dominant 140-84 win. Along with the win, Friday proved triumphant with four Top 10 fini

SEPP trains rescue dog in tracking invasive chameleons Nicole Lawler, Sports Editor Oct 15, 2025 On Oct. 10, the Hawaiʻi Snail Extinction Prevention Program (SEPP) attempted something new: using a dog to track chameleons. Jackson’s chameleons, introduced via the pet trade, are now invasive, and SEPP’s dog crash is helping the effort. First introduced in the 1900s, Jackson’s chameleons prey on Hawaiʻi’s endemic snails, spiders, and other arthropods. Many of these species are n

Hawaiʻi’s endemic arthropods in danger due to pet trade Nicole Lawler, Sports Editor Sep 30, 2025 Hawaiʻi’s delicate ecosystem is home to many endemic species, but is threatened by the pet trade – or, as some may call it, the pest trade.  The Jacksonʻs Chameleon, otherwise known as the three-horned chameleon, was first introduced to the islands in the early 1900ʻs through the pet trade. It originates from Tanzania, but escaped captivity in Kāne‘ohe in 1972. With no natural pr