<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/Pohoiki_pool.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/Pohoiki_pool.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273 400w, https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/Pohoiki_pool.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551 800w" > Biologists have found tiny Hawaiian red shrimp in anchialine pools on Pohoiki beach on the Big Island of Hawaii. (Department of Land and Natural Resources)

At a Glance At least seven brackish anchialine pools have formed at Pohoiki beach.

Tiny Hawaiian red shrimp have inhabited the new pools.

Kilauea destroyed 700 homes when it erupted in May 2018.

Life is returning to an Hawaiian beach that was inundated by lava when Kilauea volcano erupted.

At least seven anchialine pools have formed at Pohoiki on the expanding black sand beach that was created when the hot lava hit the water, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources .

"Anchialine pools are brackish water pools that are landlocked, but are connected to the ocean and groundwater through the underground," Troy Sakihara, an aquatic biologist with the DLNR's Division of Aquatic Resources , explained in a news release . The pools contain species found only in Hawaii.

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At Pohoiki, on the east side of the Big Island of Hawaii, the pools have become home to tiny Hawaiian red shrimp known as ʻōpaeʻula.

Biologists aren't sure how the shrimp get into the pools after the lava cools.

“It is still a question that we’re trying to answer as far as how they recruit so fast into these pools,” Sakihara said.

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/Pohoiki_beach.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/Pohoiki_beach.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273 400w, https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/Pohoiki_beach.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551 800w" > Lava that flowed from the eruption of Kilauea in 2018 has formed a black sand beach at Pohoiki on the Big Island of Hawaii. (Department of Land and Natural Resources)

For three months beginning in May 2018, Kilauea oozed enough lava to cover more than 13 square miles. At least 700 homes were destroyed.