Doug Perrine / Lava from Kilauea Volcano erupts from a fissure on Pohoiki Road, with Ohia lehua trees (Metrosideros polymopha), endemic species. Near Pahoa, Puna District, Hawaii. June 2018.

Doug Perrine / Ohia lehua tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) on edge of caldera with lava lake, Halemaumau Crater, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, March 2017.

Doug Perrine / Ohia lehua tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) with garlands hung in it. At edge of caldera with lava lake, Halemaumau Crater, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, March 2017.

Julian Hume / View of Diamond Crater, Oahu, around 1000 years ago. King Kong finch (Chloridops regiskongi) flying past an Oahu palmcreeper (Ciridops sp) perched. Extinct 1892. Directly behind, an O'ahu O'o (Moho ap...

Julian Hume / Hawai'i O'o (Moho nobilis) (Extinct 1902) on a flowering Ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha).

Julian Hume / Illustration of extinct birds Kioea (Chaetoptila angustipluma) (Extinct 1859) above, with Hawai'i O'o (Moho nobilis) (Extinct 1902) (below) on a flowering Ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha)

Gerrit Vyn / Native Hawaiian forest with Ohia trees (Metrosideros polymorpha) Volcano National Park, Hawaii. April.

Gerrit Vyn / Flowering Ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) plant sprouting through lava rock. This species can grow as a shrub, bush or towering tree. Volcano National Park, Hawaii. April.

Doug Perrine / Banded angelfish (Apolemichthys arcuatus) Hawaiian endemic species. Lehua Ledges dive site, Lehua Rock, near Niihau, off Kauai, Hawaii, USA.

Doug Perrine / Male Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) surfacing to breathe, near Vertical Awareness pinnacle, off Lehua Rock, near Niihau, off Kauai, Hawaii

Doug Perrine / Male Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) at Lehua Ledges dive site, Lehua Rock, near Niihau, off Kauai, Hawaii

Doug Perrine / Male Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) at Lehua Ledges dive site, Lehua Rock, near Niihau, off Kauai, Hawaii