A Book of Tiny Plants
Presenting hidden biodiversity
Febrero 10, 2012
An activity book for kids looks at the world of the smallest plants.
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Profile: Rachel Collin
Is there an evolutionary point of no return?
Abril 27, 2012
A Chilean sea snail appears to have tried two forms of development and decided to turn back before it was too late.
Profile: Stephen Hubbell
Do pests keep rare tree species from becoming common?
Julio 15, 2012
A five-year, $2-million grant will help test the hypothesis that rare trees are more susceptible to pathogens than common trees on Barro Colorado Island.
Tropical Dome Project
Solar domes simulate extreme futureclimate scenarios
Junio 14, 2017
How will tropical forests respond to a warmer climate with higher atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations? By growing plants in geodesic domes, Smithsonian scientist Klaus Winter is seeking answers.
Seedlings and tropical biodiversity
Whose shadow is safer?
Septiembre 27, 2017
A novel research project takes aim at the ageless question of what influences tropical seedling survival.
Window to the past
How long has Central America been so biologically diverse?
Septiembre 28, 2017
20-million-year-old fossil seeds shed light on origins of plant biodiversity in Panama.
Declining reefs
What were Caribbean coral reefs like before humans?
Septiembre 29, 2017
Fossil reefs from around the Caribbean show how biologically rich these ecosystems once were — and provide goalposts for conservationists hoping to restore them.
Maya Dog Mystery
First Evidence of Live-traded Dogs for Maya Ceremonies
Marzo 21, 2018
At one of the oldest Maya sites, STRI staff archaeologist, Ashley Sharpe, discovered dog bones from the Guatemalan highlands deep within two pyramids.
The Arbovirus Carriers
Tracking Aedes Mosquito Invasions in Panama
Abril 09, 2018
Mosquitoes in the genus Aedes, which can carry dangerous viruses causing yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika, invaded the crossroads of the Americas multiple times, by land and by sea.
Flowers from Darkness
“Tropical forests are the result of an accident of history.” - Carlos Jaramillo.
Abril 23, 2018
About 66 million years ago, a radical change on the Earth filled tropical forests with flowers. A new catalog of fossil pollen grains may hold an explanation.
