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What are whale sharks up to?
Julio 01, 2022
Satellite-tracking of the largest fish in the ocean offered insight into their migratory and feeding behavior, but their breeding grounds are still a mystery.
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Manatee lagoon
Have Antillean manatees crossed the Panama Canal?
Julio 13, 2022
Over half a century ago, a group of manatees from Bocas del Toro was flown into the artificial Gatun Lake to control the abundance of aquatic plants and for public health reasons. Where are they now?
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.
Confined
Isolation led white-faced capuchin monkeys into the Stone Age
Julio 21, 2020
After 14 thousand years of living in confinement and without the threat of predators, the white-faced capuchin monkeys on the Coiba National Park islands have begun to exhibit behaviors that have not been recorded in the mainland populations. For example, they are highly terrestrial and have learned to use stones as tools. Listen to doctoral student in animal behavior and former STRI fellow, Claudio Monteza, tell us this story.
Together for the Ocean
Sustainability and resilience in the Eastern Tropical Pacific: What will it take?
Marzo 09, 2023
At the 2023 Our Ocean Conference in Panama (Mar. 2-3), STRI and partners welcomed John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and representatives of civil society, philanthropy and science sectors to celebrate a regional initiative to protect the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
Our Ocean Our Connection
Commitments, partnerships, and hope: The Smithsonian at the Our Ocean Conference in Panama
Marzo 20, 2023
The 8th Our Ocean Conference concluded with 341 commitments worth nearly $20 billion, including the expansion of Banco Volcán Managed Resources Area in the Panamanian Caribbean that led Panama to protect over 54% of its oceans.
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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira
I specialize in forest ecosystem ecology, global change ecology, and climate protection through forest conservation. My approach combines data synthesis and analysis, quantitative ecology, and field research and focuses on understanding how climate — and climate change — shape ecosystems, and...
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Matthew Larsen
As Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, a unit of the Smithsonian Institution headquartered in Panama City, Panama, I retired in June, 2020 from the job of managing more than 400 employees, an annual budget of $35 million, and the institute’s research facilities ...
Welcome Ana!
Ana K. Spalding Named Founding Director of the Adrienne Arsht Community-Based Resilience Solutions Initiative
Marzo 14, 2023
As the first marine- and coastal- policy expert to join STRI’s marine staff scientists, Panamanian Ana K. Spalding will work with coastal communities to understand what knowledge is needed to foster wellbeing for both oceans and people.
Individual signatures
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
