The Hawaiian islands are a volcanic archipelago that stretches over 1,500 miles in the Pacific Ocean. Their creation started millions of years ago when molten lava began to erupt from the Earth’s mantle, forming underwater volcanoes. Over time, these volcanoes grew in size and eventually breached the ocean’s surface, creating new islands. The Hawaiian islands are unique in that they were formed by a “hot spot” on the Earth’s crust. This hot spot is a plume of magma that rises from deep within th

The Hawaiian Islands sit isolated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. As one of the most geographically isolated landmasses in the world, Hawai’i is full of unique species. The journey to the islands being such a vast distance limited which species were able to make it out. Most native animal species in the Hawaiian Archipelago are descendants of those that were able to fly here, such as birds, bats and insects; those light enough to be carried by birds, such as snails, some insects and spiders;