Carbon oracle
Predicting uncertain futures for tropical landscapes
Enero 11, 2022
Deforestation scenarios show the importance of secondary forest for meeting Panama’s carbon goals.
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Eyes in the Sky
Drones help solve tropical tree mortality mysteries
Febrero 09, 2022
Understanding when and where trees die in vast tropical forests is a challenging first step toward understanding carbon dynamics and climate change. Researchers explained variations in tree mortality over a five-year period by analyzing drone images of one of the most-studied tropical forests in the world, Barro Colorado Island in Panama.
Under the sea
A decade of deep-reef exploration in the Greater Caribbean
Marzo 09, 2022
The use of submersibles exponentially increased recorded diversity of islands’ deep-reef fish faunas.
Zapped survivors
Some tropical trees won’t be defeated by lightning
Agosto 25, 2022
A multi-year study in the tropical forests of the Panama Canal found that the species most frequently damaged by lightning tended to be the most capable of surviving it.
Wood eaters
Termites could play an important role in climate change
Septiembre 22, 2022
A study spanning six continents explored the role of termites and microorganisms in wood decay.
Palm pollinators
Not such evil Weevils
Mayo 26, 2021
Join Brazilian biologist, Bruno de Medeiros, as he explores mysterious trade-offs between plants and their pollinators and why they are important to the Brazilian economy and ecosystems.
Fish Photographers Extraordinaire
Smithsonian presents first Citizen Scientist award to Allison and Carlos Estapé for contributions to marine research
Octubre 26, 2022
Extraordinary underwater naturalists contribute unique fish photos to STRI’s Caribbean and Tropical Eastern Pacific Shorefish Apps
Barro Colorado birthday begins
Barro Colorado 100 years of Discovery and Wonder exhibit opens in Washington
Noviembre 24, 2022
Barro Colorado Island Research Station in Panama celebrates upcoming 100th birthday with an exhibition at the US National Museum of Natural History.
Animals reforest
Animals are key to restoring the world’s forests
Diciembre 02, 2022
Animals will help restore tropical forests if people locate reforestation projects near existing forest reserves and control hunting.
New shark species
Squatina mapama, new species from Panama: first report of an angel shark from the Central American Caribbean
Enero 19, 2022
Genetic analyses helped identify a new cryptic species of the genus Squatina from the Western Atlantic Ocean.
