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A new social role for echolocation in bats that hunt together
Junio 24, 2020
Socially foraging bats may find food faster by listening in to the search-phase calls of their group members
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Risky Business
Courtship movements put katydids in danger
Abril 30, 2020
Females may also be prone to predation as they move toward a mating call
Bat babble
Mother bats use baby talk to communicate with their pups
Agosto 26, 2020
Just as humans with their babies, adult female bats change their vocalizations when interacting with “babbling” pups, which could be interpreted as positive feedback to their offspring during vocal practice
In community
Community Reforestation:Action-Based Participatory Science
Julio 31, 2023
Implementing reforestation projects to encourage forest protection and recovery.
Reef fisheries
First global assessment of the sustainability of coral reef fisheries
Septiembre 21, 2023
An innovative mathematical analysis of global coral reef fisheries offers hope for sustainable management of multispecies and artisanal fishing, especially in the global South.
Interactions
Together but not mixed up:Fungi, ants and birds
Septiembre 01, 2023
Avoiding predators at all costs.
Bird Friendly
Drink Coffee, Eat Chocolate, Save Birds!
Septiembre 29, 2023
The Smithsonian Bird Friendly coffee and cocoa certification program just opened its new Latin American office at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, making it easier for regional coffee and chocolate industries to join the global movement to produce sustainable coffee and chocolate.
Critical conservation sites
The highlands of Panama, Central Panama and Darien identified among the 50 Threatened Amphibian Landscapes worldwide
Octubre 19, 2023
A groundbreaking study assessed the extinction risk of more than 8,000 amphibian species worldwide and concluded that two out of five amphibians are threatened.
Forest Caretakers
Bacurú Drõa: How well do Emberá indigenous communities conserve old growth forests in Darien, Panamá?
Febrero 15, 2023
Existing conservation policies rarely reward local people who care for old-growth forests. In this study, Indigenous Emberá residents worked with scientists to show how, through their sustainable lifestyle in communities established during the 1960’s-1980’s in one of Central America’s most pristine, old-growth forests, they act as custodians, conserving this, shared space.
Gamboa Bat Nights
Bilingual Bat Nights, Noches de Murciélagos, along the Panama Canal
Noviembre 14, 2023
The first Sunday of every month, residents and visitors join researchers from the Smithsonian Bat Lab to get a close-up look at Panama’s bats.
