Is this the oldest
cashew on the isthmus?
A fossil tree discovery in Panama offers clues regarding the establishment of the genus Anacardium in Central and South America
Text by Leila Nilipour
Paleontology and Paleobiology Botany Geography and Biogeography Plant Physiology Forest Ecology Life in Deep Time CTPA
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Nut
Women in science propose changes to discriminatory measures of scientific success
The scientists advocate shifting the current value system, which is biased against women and minorities, towards a more diverse and inclusive model of science
Panama
Anthropology Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet
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science
Dolphin-Watching affects
whistle frequency modulation
in bottlenose dolphins
Picture this: What to do at a party when you try to carry on a conversation, but the music is too loud? A Panamanian doctoral student is trying to figure out how dolphins communicate underwater during heavy boat traffic in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago.
Text by Sonia Tejada
Animal Behavior Fisheries and Marine Conservation Marine Biology Conservation Biology Global Change Zoology Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Bocas del Toro
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Rachel CollinCan’t
hear you!
First Sightings of Lek and
courtship behavior in
wrinkle-faced bats
Male Wrinkle-faced bats lower a flap of skin resembling a face mask when they are ready to mate according to a rare sighting of a lek of bats in Costa Rica.
Gamboa
Animal Behavior Natural History Zoology Biodiversity Conservation Biology Origins of Species and Societies Gamboa
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Rachel PageMasked
singers
A journey of growth
and discovery
The first time Dumas Gálvez saw the ant species Ectatomma ruidum under a microscope, he was just a little boy. He was immediately fascinated. A few decades later, as a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), a professor in the entomology department at the University of Panama and a mentor to young scientists, he does research on that same ant species. Listen to him narrate every step of his academic journey: his experiences, mentors, mistakes and lessons learned.
Panamá
Entomology Ecosystem Ecology Animal Behavior Biodiversity Forest Ecology Disease Ecology Connections in nature: Plants, Animals, Microbes and Environments
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ants and
arachnids
Fossil trees on Peru’s Central Andean Plateau tell a tale of dramatic environmental change
As the Earth’s surface transforms, entire ecosystems come and go. The anatomy of fossil plants growing in the Andean Altiplano region 10 million years ago calls current paleoclimate models into question, suggesting that the area was more humid than models predict.
Panama
Paleontology and Paleobiology Exploration Botany Ecosystem Ecology Life in Deep Time CTPA
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Carlos Jaramillo
Two Panamanians in the service of the common good in Bocas del Toro
Carolina César and Viviana Bravo radically changed their work rhythm: from going out daily to the archipelago, to keeping a research station afloat.
Bocas del Toro
Bocas del Toro
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Rachel CollinPandemic
challenge
Fishing exclusion zones to help
manage shark populations in Pacific Panama
Researchers identify 11 potential nursery areas of locally common and migratory sharks, which could help support shark conservation efforts in Panama and the region.
Pacific Panama
Fisheries and Marine Conservation Marine Biology Biodiversity Conservation Biology Ecosystem Ecology Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Naos
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Hector M. GuzmanBaby
shark
The universe of fungi
that inhabit plants
How do microorganisms influence seed survival in the forest?
Barro Colorado
Text by Leila Nilipour
Photos by Jorge Alemán
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S. Joseph Wright
Are bats spying on
their prey in the canopy?
Eavesdropping behavior in the canopy may answer questions about how acoustic interplay among animals has developed over millions of years in the forest
Barro Colorado island
Byline: Leila Nilipour
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Rachel Page
