In the tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean lie the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Encompassing 140,000 square miles of reef, atolls and shallow and deep waters, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument has been the site of recent discoveries that researchers are describing as “absolutely bizarre.”

 In December 2009, Researchers from the University of Hawai’i discovered eight new moth species in the genus Hyposmocoma within Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, species found no where else in the world. The announcement of the new species was made through an article published in October issue of Zootaxa, a journal for zoological…