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Two NOAA Hollings interns are posing behind the HIHWNMS outreach station at a community event in Lahaina
NOAA Holling's interns helping at a HIHWNMS outreach table during an event at Lahainaluna High School. Photo: Lizzy Beato
Children complete a turtle and humpback whale puzzle.
Children race to complete marine life puzzles at a HIHWNMS outreach table. While completing this puzzle, outreach volunteers and staff teach the participants about the animal's anatomy to help them solve the puzzle! Photo: Lizzy Beato
Two NOAA Hollings interns interacting with visitors to the HIHWNMS outreach station at a community event in Lahaina
NOAA Holling's interns helping at a HIHWNMS outreach table during an event at Lahainaluna High School. Photo: Lizzy Beato
A child coloring a turtle craft at the HIHWNMS outreach station at a community event in Lahaina, HI.
A child coloring a turtle craft at the HIHWNMS outreach station at a community event in Lahaina, HI. Photo: Lizzy Beato
Children complete a turtle and humpback whale puzzle.
Children race to complete marine life puzzles at a HIHWNMS outreach table. While completing this puzzle, outreach volunteers and staff teach the participants about the animal's anatomy to help them solve the puzzle! Photo: Lizzy Beato
Child coloring a craft while wearing a shark hat.
A child colors some marine wildlife crafts while wearing their newly created shark hat at the HIHWNMS outreach booth. Photo: Lizzy Beato
HIHWNMS outreach station at a community event in Lahaina, HI.
HIHWNMS outreach station at a community event in Lahaina, HI. Photo: Lizzy Beato
Humpback whale craft celebrating World Ocean Month 2024 at a community event in Lahaina, HI
Humpback whale craft celebrating World Ocean Month 2024 at a community event in Lahaina, HI. Photo: Lizzy Beato
World Ocean Month whale craft on display outside of the HIHWNMS visitor center in Kihei, HI.
World Ocean Month whale craft on display outside of the HIHWNMS visitor center in Kihei, HI. Photo: Lizzy Beato
HIHWNMS volunteers helping visitors at an outreach event with animal puzzles and crafts
HIHWNMS volunteers Jeep and Linda helping with an outreach table at the Maui Ocean Center to celebrate World Ocean Day, 2024. Photo: Lizzy Beato
Children sift through an albatross bolus, including squib beaks, fishing lines, and plastic.
Third grade students dissecting an albatross bolus, an aggregation of items that the albatross is not able to digest, and instead, throws back up. Items that are commonly found in the albatross boluses from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands include squid beaks, fishing line, and pieces of plastic. Photo: Lizzy Beato
Child adding green sprinkles to an edible coral made from frosting, marshmallows, cookies, and pretzel sticks.
Students build edible corals in a lesson at HIHWNMS. In this lesson, students learn about coral anatomy and about zooxanthellae, a symbiotic algae that creates food for the corals using photosynthesis. Photo: Lizzy Beato
Two volunteers wearing a shark hat and ocean crown in front of a shark tank at the Maui Ocean Center.
Two of our HIHWNMS volunteers, Kathleen and Grenn showing off their crafts as they help with an outreach station on World Oceans Day 2024. Photo: Lizzy Beato
Front view of the HIHWNMS Visitor Center in Kihei, HI
The visitor center for the HIHWNMS in Kihei, HI is open! Photo: Lizzy Beato
View of the humpback whale statue that welcomes visitors to the HIHWNMS visitor center in Kihei, HI
View of the humpback whale statue that welcomes visitors to the HIHWNMS visitor center in Kihei, HI. Photo: Lizzy Beato
View of the local hawaiian fishpond located steps from the HIHWNMS visitor center in Kihei, HI
View of the local hawaiian fishpond located steps from the HIHWNMS visitor center in Kihei, HI. Photo: Lizzy Beato
View of the local hawaiian fishpond located steps from the HIHWNMS visitor center in Kihei, HI.
View of the local hawaiian fishpond located steps from the HIHWNMS visitor center in Kihei, HI. Photo: Lizzy Beato
View of the HIHWNMS visitor center's back deck that faces the shoreline in Kihei, HI.
View of the HIHWNMS visitor center's back deck that faces the shoreline in Kihei, HI. Photo: Lizzy Beato
Kids crafts and puzzle area in the HIHWNMS visitor's center in Kihei, HI
Kids crafts and puzzle area in the HIHWNMS visitor's center in Kihei, HI. Photo: Lizzy Beato
The HIHWNMS's inflatable humpback whale set up for an outdoor event in Oahu, HI
The HIHWNMS's inflatable humpback whale set up for an outdoor event in Oahu, HI. Photo: Paul Wong
HIHWNMS volunteer teaches children about humpback whale anatomy while inside the sanctuary's inflatable humpback whale
HIHWNMS volunteer teaches children about humpback whale anatomy while inside the sanctuary's inflatable humpback whale. Photo: Paul Wong
View from the UAS (uncrewed aerial system) as it is about to drop a suction cup tag onto an entangled whale's back
View from the UAS (uncrewed aerial system) as it is about to drop a suction cup tag onto an entangled whale's back. Photo: Zadra. Permit #24359
Two researchers remove a recording device from the water
Eden Zang and Maura Schonwald remove an acoustic monitoring device from one of our Maui sites to collect recorded data and complete routine maintenance on the recorder. Photo: Jason Moore
The HIHWNMS vessel, Kohola, conducting research in sanctuary waters with a group of humpback whales nearby
The HIHWNMS vessel, Kohola, conducting research in sanctuary waters with a group of humpback whales nearby. Photo: Jason Moore. Permit #24359
View from the sanctuary's UAS (uncrewed aerial system) as it drops a suction cup tag onto an entangled humpback whale
View from the sanctuary's UAS (uncrewed aerial system) as it drops a suction cup tag onto an entangled humpback whale. Photo: Ed Lyman. Permit #24359
An endangered Hawaiian monk seal rests on the beach adjacent to the HIHWNMS site in Kihei, HI
An endangered Hawaiian monk seal rests on the beach adjacent to the HIHWNMS site in Kihei, HI. Photo: Lizzy Beato
An endangered Hawaiian monk seal rests on the beach adjacent to the HIHWNMS site in Kihei, HI
An endangered Hawaiian monk seal rests on the beach adjacent to the HIHWNMS site in Kihei, HI. Photo: Lizzy Beato
An endangered Hawaiian monk seal rests on the beach adjacent to the HIHWNMS site in Kihei, HI
An endangered Hawaiian monk seal rests on the beach adjacent to the HIHWNMS site in Kihei, HI. Photo: Lizzy Beato
Researchers Dr. Adam Pack and Dr. Marc Lammers posing on HINMS r/v Kohola with the stars of Wild Krats, Chris Kratt and Martin Kratt, as well as cameraman Nick Shaw
Researchers Dr. Adam Pack and Dr. Marc Lammers posing on HINMS r/v Kohola with the stars of "Wild Krats", Chris Kratt and Martin Kratt, as well as cameraman Nick Shaw after they filmed an episode featuring the research conducted at HIHWNMS. Photo: Julia Zeh