– NSF Grant to fund butterfly family tree
The Kawahara Lab was recently awarded a $2.5 million grant from NSF to study the evolution of all 18,000 butterfly … Continued
– Smithsonian visit
The K Lab has been working hard at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History to identify moths from our … Continued
– Happy National Moth Week!
To celebrate, a few members of the lab have been searching for endemic leaf mining moths in Hawaii. Visit the … Continued
– Evolution of caterpillar eyespots
Why are caterpillars eyespots so big? Read about how body sizes affects the evolution of caterpillar eyespots in our new … Continued
– Hawai’i BioBlitz
PhD student, Chris Johns, recently attended the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park BioBlitz. He participated as a scientist leading youth groups, … Continued
– Fred R. Case Grant
Congratulations to Peter Houlihan for being awarded the Fred R. Case Grant from the Native Orchid Conference. Peter will use … Continued
– USP award to Neeka Sewnath
Congratulations goes out to undergrad, Neeka Sewnath, for winning the University Scholars Program award! This is a great accomplishment as … Continued
– NANPA Scholarship film
The 2015 Summit scholars for the North American Nature Photography association created a documentary film for the US Fish & … Continued
– New described Hawaiian plant species
Chris Johns accompanied Hawaii botanist and author of paper, Maggie Sporck, to shoot some of the first photos of this … Continued
– NatGeo BioBlitz
Follow Kawahara Lab’s Peter Houlihan, Chris Johns, and Lary Reeves as they venture to Panama for the next NatGeo BioBlitz. … Continued