Hawaii's native tree snails, known as the "jewels of the forest," are rapidly disappearing. Some of the most imperiled only live in human care now, safeguarded 24 hours a day.

The first group of Achatinella fuscobasis was released into a forest reserve on Oahu, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, or DLNR, said in a Dec. 18 news release.

Amanda Eller, a yoga instructor who went missing while hiking in Maui's Makawao Forest Reserve, speaks from her hospital bed at Maui Memorial Medical Center in Hawaii, May 25, 2019, after she was ...

The first group of Achatinella fuscobasis was released into a forest reserve on Oahu, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, or DLNR, said in a Dec. 18 news release.