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Corn in Panama: 500 Years and More

Ancestral
food

Corn in Panama:
500 Years and More

Pirates to plovers

Pirates
to plovers

A photographic guide to the
wildlife of Panama’s old city

Approach angle

Approach
angle

Bats use leaves as mirrors to
find their prey in the dark

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Special
events

New BioMuseo exhibits, Staff awards,Gamboa Science Day… and more

Uncharted territory

Uncharted
territory

On the lookout for
Paleopanamanians

Seminars & Events

Why are there so many kinds of tropical trees

Tuesday, August 20 @ 12:30 pm

Egbert Leigh - Ecologist

Tupper Conference Center

Learn more

Locating and Characterizing Lightning within the BCNM

Thursday, August 22 @ 7:15 pm

Jeff Burchfield - University of Alabama in Huntsville

Bambi seminar

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