Facility
Gamboa
A tropical research community
on the edge of the Panama Canal
A tropical research community
on the edge of the Panama Canal
A cutting-edge molecular lab
and launching point to the
Eastern Tropical Pacific
A rocky intertidal zone and sandy beach
at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.
In one of the wildest places
in Central America
Over the last two years, staff at the Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center have worked to save bats from the dangers of the Russian full-scale invasion. Now, they join researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute to study bat behavior in Panama.
An innovative and low-cost project to bio-convert food scraps into fertilizer, animal feed and extractable oil using the Black Soldier Fly.
Spix’s disc-winged bats shrieked when they were first shown mealworms, a new food for them. Were they alarmed, or were they communicating their excitement to their fellow bats?