According to the Hawaii Invasive Species Council, Albizia trees are widespread on O’ahu, Kaua’i, Maui, and the Big Island. Skedeleski and his neighbors have considered cutting down the tree ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Joseph Valenti wants to turn hazardous albizia trees into a useful building material to help ease Hawaii's housing crisis. The 30-year-old won the University of Hawaii ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaii has already seen how much damage albizia trees can cause on the Big Island during a storm. Experts said the invasive trees can also bring significant destruction on Oahu.

Oahu’s albizia infestation isn’t as pervasive as Hawaii island’s, but there are more roads, trails, power lines and homes with trees encroaching on them, officials said.

Gov. David Ige has allowed a bill that allows property owners in Hawaii to enter adjacent vacant privately owned properties in an effort to get rid of the fast-growing, invasive albizia trees ...

The Hawaii Electric Light Co. spent some $13 to $14 million just rebuilding infrastructure — mainly due to albizia damage. Kaye says any arborist you hire needs to be a local expert.

Above, on the Big Island, winds from Hurricane Iselle on Aug. 8, 2014, toppled trees along Highway 132. Hawaiian Electric learned a large lesson from Iselle. “We’ve learned that albizia trees ...

University of Hawaii architecture graduate Joey Valenti has designed prefabricated and low-cost housing units made entirely from invasive albizia trees on the island of Oahu. The prefab Accessory ...

University of Hawaii architecture graduate Joey Valenti has designed prefabricated and low-cost housing units made entirely from invasive albizia trees on the island of Oahu. The prefab Accessory ...