Ocean protectors
A tropical perspective on marine conservation
Julio 06, 2023
Multidisciplinary researchers from the global tropics published a new paper suggesting that the key to ocean conservation may lie with the tropical majority.
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In community
Community Reforestation:Action-Based Participatory Science
Julio 31, 2023
Implementing reforestation projects to encourage forest protection and recovery.
A dilemma
Escaping or resisting disease: the dilemma of a tropical tree
Septiembre 28, 2023
How does a tree escape or resist disease?
Scientist
Stanley Heckadon-Moreno
During the 1970s and 1980s, I worked in community development, land-tenure and environmental projects with rural and indigenous communities in Panama and Central America. It helped me gain lots of hands-on experience and to work, within the government, towards the creation of Panama’s National...
Back from the dead
Tropical tree fern repurposes its dead leaves
Febrero 26, 2024
A species of tree fern found only in Panama uses ‘zombie leaves’ or reanimated dead leaf fronds, and turns them into root structures that feed the mother plant.
Entangled
STRI-McGill field course weaves together natural history, social science, tropical ecology, and cultural exchange
Abril 03, 2024
Six Latin American students received funding to join the Neotropical Environment Option (NEO) course through the new Social-Ecological Field Science Fellowship
Tambor y mejorana
Tambor y mejorana en la música para violín de Roque Cordero (Drum and mejorana in Roque Cordero's violin music - talk in Spanish)
Abril 09, 2024
We will learn how Cordero incorporated his Panama into the context of a musical language at once intimate and universal.
Language Exchange
Language and cultural “intercambios” bring the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute community together
Junio 27, 2024
Since 2023, a grassroots diversity and inclusion initiative has brought English and Spanish language learning to hundreds, fostering connection and feelings of belonging within the STRI community.
Bryophytes
Tiny plants in a big changing world
Febrero 22, 2021
The smallest and possibly most ancient terrestrial plants, bryophytes are an important part of our environment, but in the tropics, there is still much to learn about them.
Ancient grapes
New species of grapes are the oldest in the Western Hemisphere
Julio 05, 2024
Ancient, fossilized grape seeds from Panama, Colombia and Peru, provide perspective on the evolution of plants after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
