Super-apex predator
New 3D model shows: Megalodon could eat prey the size of entire killer whales
Agosto 22, 2022
Megalodon could fully consume prey the size of today’s killer whales and then roam the seas without more food for two months.
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Bat perfume
Solving a crusty mystery
Diciembre 30, 2019
Why do some male bats have sticky, odorous arms? The first clues only led to more questions. But now a new sleuth, Mariana Muñoz-Romo, described by a colleague as “probably the world’s expert on chemical communication in a bat species,” is on the case.
Lex talionis
Punishment enforces cooperation in the fig-wasp mutualism: The exception proves the rule
Agosto 02, 2021
Mutually beneficial relationships are common, but what happens when one partner stops enforcing the other’s good behavior?
Palm pollinators
Not such evil Weevils
Mayo 26, 2021
Join Brazilian biologist, Bruno de Medeiros, as he explores mysterious trade-offs between plants and their pollinators and why they are important to the Brazilian economy and ecosystems.
Safe science
STRI Director Josh Tewksbury’s Remarks on Harassment
Diciembre 23, 2021
We are all working together to make tropical biology research safe for everyone by eliminating harassment.
Real vampires!
The Vampire Bat
Octubre 21, 2022
Celebrating International Bat Week, come learn about real vampires!
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.
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Donald M. Windsor
My colleagues and I bring field-collected leaf beetles (principally Cassidinae sensu lato) into the lab to more carefully observe and photograph feeding behavior and to archive the various immature stages for systematic morphological study. Insects are labeled and stored in ethanol at -20C and...
Tiny Tool
Modern pollen as a tool for paleoecological research (talk in Spanish)
Abril 25, 2023
Each plant produces a particular type of pollen, which means that it has unique characteristics that can be used to identify the species to which it belongs.
The final exchanges
Marine fossils unearth storyabout Panama’s deep past
Julio 12, 2023
New fossil mammals in Caribbean Panama suggest ongoing marine interchange during the final stages of formation of the isthmus.
