The biology of Hawai‘i, the islands being an outstanding natural laboratory of evolution and conservation, is extraordinary and offers unique opportunities for research and graduate education.  The environment and organisms found here allow for the study of the evolutionary process and the ecological relationships within its unusual communities.  The focus of our research is Hawai‘i's unique natural resources, especially its endemic and indigenous marine and terrestrial animals and their habitats.  While faculty interests range from cellular & molecular biology to ecology & systematics, all members recognize that each discipline can grow most effectively in a geographically isolated area only with true interdisciplinary cooperation.