Habitat symbiosis
Punta Galeta, where sea and earth coexist
Abril 15, 2019
The Smithsonian’s first marine lab on Panama’s Caribbean coast invites visitors and researchers to experience the diversity of marine ecosystems within a protected space.
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Parents Unknown
Mysterious Larvae Discovered in Panama’s Two Oceans
Mayo 14, 2019
These ghostly larvae float freely in seawater, while their parents live on the sea floor and usually go undetected. Genetic studies of larvae provide clues that there are more species to be discovered
Sky islands
Flickering sky islands generate Andean biodiversity
Junio 19, 2019
Giving rise to the richest alpine flora in the world, interconnections between islands of Andean paramo vegetation flicker off and on as global temperatures rise and fall during the last million years
Empathy
Insects need empathy
Julio 03, 2019
Yves Basset, who heads insect monitoring efforts for the Smithsonian ForestGEO program and Greg Lamarre, from the University of South Bohemia, present immediate, science-based actions that mitigate insect decline.
President’s Prize
For the Love of Forests
Julio 25, 2019
Kristina Anderson-Teixeira receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for her work on the effects of climate change on the worlds’ forests.
Extraordinary ecosystem
Darien’s unusually high carbon stocks and tree diversity
Julio 30, 2019
Through a participatory forest-carbon monitoring project, scientists and indigenous technicians found that, even in disturbed areas, Darien forests maintained the same tree species richness and a disproportionately high capacity to sequester carbon
Pirates to plovers
A photographic guide to the wildlife of Panama’s old city
Agosto 13, 2019
As Panama City celebrates it’s 500th birthday, STRI’s Steven Paton explores the biodiversity of Panama Viejo, an important historical and archaeological site
Micro mighty
An invisible story is revealed through the senses
Septiembre 03, 2019
Through sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch, Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow Jennifer Gil-Acevedo makes the world of microalgae accessible to all
Hot and breathless
Learning to live without oxygen
Septiembre 05, 2019
In Bocas del Toro’s Caribbean waters in Panama, a STRI postdoctoral fellow asks how marine life responds to low oxygen levels and higher temperatures in the ocean
Tackling intruders
Invaders are lunch for local marine species
Septiembre 10, 2019
Native predators could contribute to controlling the abundance and expansion of invasive species
