HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii Department of Agriculture detected a coqui frog infestation in a remote area in Waimanalo and is coordinating a multi-agency eradication effort. The ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A coqui frog's mating call slices silence. Measured at 90 decibels up close, it can reach the sound level of a lawn mower. The distinctive two-tone KO-KEE chirp belongs to ...

HONOLULU – The coqui is a tiny, coin-size frog whose distinctive nightly mating calls are a beloved sound in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands. But people in Hawaii don’t share the same ...

Co-QUI Co-QUI! The call of the coqui frog is ringing throughout some of our Haiku neighborhoods. Though it may have seemed the frogs were gone in January and February, they were probably lying low, or ...

HONOLULU - The coqui is a tiny, coin-sized frog whose distinctive nightly mating calls are a beloved sound in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands. But people in Hawaii don't share the same ...

A coquí frog sits on a tree branch in El Yunque rainforest in Caimito, Puerto Rico. The tiny frog is named coqui after its distinctive two-note call of "ko-KEE, ko-KEE," and has become a symbol for ...

A tiny frog with a huge shriek has invaded the Big Island and won’t shut up. Mayor Harry Kim is looking for $2 million to begin controlling the spread of the nocturnal coqui frog, a beloved native in ...

LIHUE >> A little problem with loud consequences was captured at a Lihue residence last week, most likely a stowaway in a car recently brought from Hawaii island. The male coqui frog was heard ...

Ko-KEE, Ko-KEE, Ko-KEE. ADVERTISING Ko-KEE, Ko-KEE, Ko-KEE. As darkness falls over East Hawaii, the chorus of coqui frogs intensifies, and more of the little amphibians add their mating calls to the ...

What can the sounds of coqui frog mating calls tell us about climate change? In 1983, UCLA biology professor Peter Narins stumbled upon a clue in the riddle of global warming. He was teaching a ...

This coqui frog was captured in a dry-docked boat in Kahaluu. (courtesty department of agriculture) Oishi noted they received more calls about coqui frogs from residents in recent weeks as expected ...