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Akito Kawahara

fancy case caterpillar

Life on Earth

New endemic species discovered in disturbed habitats of Hawaii

July 1, 2012

On the Hawaiian Islands, where isolated, vulnerable pieces of land are surrounded by thousands of miles of ocean, habitat destruction…
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hawkmoth specimen

Awards & Honors

Undergraduate receives ‘Science for Life’ research award

June 11, 2012

Most first-year University of Florida students won’t be working in a molecular biology lab studying hawkmoth DNA during their summer…
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two researchers look at back lit screen that is covered in moths

News in Brief

Why Science? Lepidopterology

June 6, 2012

Akito Kawahara, an assistant professor and curator of Lepidoptera at the Florida Museum of Natural History, explains why he became…
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Hawk Moths

Grants & Initiatives

Researcher receives grant to study echolocation in moths

November 10, 2011

Whether by buzzing, singing, cawing or hissing, plenty of animals boast their own form of communication. But researchers now hope…
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