Tracking blue whales through
oceanic corridors.
Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, travel hidden ocean highways.
By: Sonia Tejada
Conservation Biology Fisheries and Marine Conservation Marine Biology Animal Behavior Natural History Zoology Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Naos
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Hector M. GuzmanMagnificent
ocean giants
Indigenous marine biologist deciphers the evolution of feeding strategies of sister fish species on both sides of the isthmus of Panama
Through advanced isotopic analyses, Rodnyel Arosemena seeks to understand how fish in the Caribbean and the Pacific that had a common ancestor take advantage of the resources of their different environments today.
Panama
Leila Nilipour
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Matthieu LerayEvolving
diets
Involving local students in the study of algal blooms on Isla Colón, in Bocas Del Toro, Panama.
Students in Bocas del Toro helped Smithsonian researchers collect environmental data to better understand what factors influence the proliferation of algal deposits in the largest island of the archipelago
Ecosystem Ecology Physical Monitoring Marine Biology
Ecosystem Ecology Physical Monitoring Marine Biology
Connections in nature: Plants, Animals, Microbes and Environments
Bocas del Toro
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Istmito Project
The S/Y Eugen Siebold
arrives in Panama
A new collaboration between STRI and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry will make a research vessel available to researchers, educators and marine policy makers working in the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
Marine Biology Fisheries and Marine Conservation Exploration Conservation Biology Biodiversity Ecosystem Ecology Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Naos
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Aaron O'Dea
A journey
to eradicate harassment
After a year of reflection and change, we reinforce our commitment to creating a safe workplace for everyone and space for healing as a community.
Byline: Joshua Tewksbury
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science
The Rohr Reef Resilience expeditions to Panama, Costa Rica and beyond
Coral reefs in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) are exposed to a broad range of environmental conditions defined by the upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean. Regional variation in upwelling activity along the TEP make it an ideal natural laboratory to understand the importance of changing environmental conditions for reef health and resiliency. Watch Panamanian scientist Andrew Sellers explain the aims of the ambitious Rohr Reef Resilience (RRR) Project, and his experience in recent research expeditions to the Panamanian and Costa Rican Pacific.
Panama
Marine Biology Molecular Genetics and Genomics Global Change Biodiversity Fisheries and Marine Conservation Ecosystem Ecology Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet
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Sellers
“The MPA Guide”: Local voices must be
heard for effective ocean protection
The guide aims to be a clarifying, science-based framework guiding the global community in the establishment of Marine Protected Areas
Text by Leila Nilipour
Marine Biology Fisheries and Marine Conservation Biodiversity Sociology Anthropology Conservation Biology Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet
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Protected
Areas
Joshua Tewksbury
named Director of
Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute
We are pleased to announce that Joshua Tewksbury has been named STRI’s new director by Smithsonian Institution Secretary, Lonnie Bunch III, effective July 6.
Photo: Courtesy of Future Earth
Earl S. Tupper
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Yacht Acadia Expedition: are eastern pacific corals climate change survivors?
An entrepreneur who dreamed of becoming an oceanographer teams up with STRI researchers and young Latin American biologists to find out if some coral reefs are more resilient than others. His yacht will be the center of operations as they deploy high tech sensor arrays at sites around the tropical eastern Pacific.
Global Change Fisheries and Marine Conservation Molecular Genetics and Genomics Marine Biology Microbial Ecology Invasion Biology Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Naos Coibita Island
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Sean Connolly Mark TorchinSuper
corals?
Modern computational tools
may open a new era for
fossil pollen research
By integrating machine-learning technology with high-resolution imaging, scientists are improving the taxonomic resolution of fossil pollen identifications and greatly enhancing the use of pollen data in ecological and evolutionary research.
Western Africa and Northern South America
Paleontology and Paleobiology Bioinformatics Taxonomy Plant Physiology Biodiversity Life in Deep Time CTPA
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Carlos Jaramillo
