Today is Earth Day and Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is celebrating the native rainforest by honoring the biology of aloha, or “commensalism.” This special relationship can be spotted throughout the forest along many of the park’s popular hiking trails. The relationship is neither parasitic nor symbiotic but a beautiful balance of mutually shared habitat. Keep your eyes open for the reclining “nurse log” trunks of giant hapuʻu tree ferns. Here you can spot multiple species growing from the sam

5.2K views · 219 reactions | Jessica Ferricane of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park welcomes guests back in to the park, which reopened today after its 134 day closure, caused by the eruptions which occurred early this year. The park is back on its normal schedule, however many of its trails and roads are still closed due to the thousands of earthquakes that affected much of the Big Island’s Puna area. | HAWAII Magazine | Facebook