WAIANAE, Hawaii (Island News) -- Hawaii is in the middle of fire season. That threat has some in Waianae Valley taking a unique approach to fire prevention: Using wildlife to try to tame wildfires. In ...

GREELEY, Colo. >> Maybe surfing makes good practice for hanging onto a sprinting sheep. A 6-year-old Hawaii boy was champion of the opening Mutton Bustin’ in the Park Saturday. Stone Jesse of Oahu ...

Onslow looked relaxed and comfortable while lying on his back on a platform Thursday inside Kahua Ranch’s shearing shed. The 8-year-old Romney ram, weighing more than 200 pounds, looked like he was in ...

KAILUA-KONA — An attempt to save the endangered palila has included the sound of rotors, gunfire, arguments and sheep and goats eating the trees the bird needs to survive. ADVERTISING KAILUA-KONA — An ...

HONOLULU (AP) - The state says it will hunt feral sheep and goats on the Big Island in coming weeks to protect habitat for the endangered palila songbird. The Department of Land and Natural Resources ...

When Raia Olsen, owner of Oahu Grazers, pulls up to the solar farm in Mililani and lets her flock of sheep out of the trailer, they know just what to do.

Wayland Lum, a farmer who says he’s recently had numerous sheep mutilated by trespassing hunters’ dogs, sits behind the wheel of an all-terrain vehicle Wednesday on his farm. “There is no indication ...

The environmental legal organization, Earthjustice, has filed legal papers against the Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources for failing to keep feral sheep and goats out of the ...

The Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife will conduct animal control activities specifically for trapping mouflon/feral sheep hybrids; staff hunting, and/or ...