Zoology
Zoologists at STRI work on a very broad range of topics, most of which fit into the following categories: animal behavior (e.g. sexual selection in frogs, communication among bats and the effects of seasonality on bird behavior), taxonomy (fish, birds, amphibians), ecology, physiology, evolution and development, conservation biology, disease ecology and zooarchaeology. There is considerable overlap among themes and staff often are involved in projects that transcend any single category.
Urban tungara frogs are sexier than forest frogs
Autotomy, the shedding of a body part, reveals the hidden cost of conflict
First study of humpback whale survivors of killer whale attacks in the Southeastern Pacific
New soft coral species discovered in Coiba, Panama
