Flight time from San Francisco: 25 hours, 2 minutes. Initially, the flyers were scared of the locals on Molokai because of the fear of leprosy, Ryan said in his email. They were unaware that ...

Molokai is an island to which the Hawaiian Government had exiled all its lepers after a frightful outbreak of the disease, a lawless chaos whose 800 foul inhabitants lived a slow death in huts ...

A native bee — hylaeus connectens — sits on a native shrub kolomona (Senna gaudichaudii) in Makolelau, an ahupuaa in East Molokai. DLNR’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife acquired Makolelau ...

The Molokai ferry departs Lahaina Small Boat Harbor for Kaunakakai Harbor in this photo taken in April 2015. The state Public Utilities Commission has allowed the ferry to cease service ...

New sponge species discovered in Kaneohe Bay The bee, named Hylaeus paumako, can be distinguished by its all-black face, something uncommon with male Molokai bee species. Magnacca discovered the ...

Molokai offers stunning natural beauty and a ... where those infected with Hansen's disease, or leprosy, were isolated beginning in 1866. Historic buildings and landmarks still stand in the ...