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First report of dorsal navigation in a flying insect
Junio 14, 2021
Sweat bees navigate through dark tropical forests guided by canopy patterns.
Sweat bees navigate through dark tropical forests guided by canopy patterns.
Bees and their pollen reveal the environment of the first Cathedral on the American mainland, as do photos by preeminent landscape photographer, Eadweard Muybridge.
Camera traps in the forest canopy document a nocturnal mammal that may help Zamia pseudoparasitica survive up in the air.
Tiny, fruit-eating bats take over the roost of larger, carnivorous bats at the edge of Panama’s Soberanía National Park.
Young entomologist Sol Parra uses gene editing technology to understand how color pattern mimicry evolves in butterflies.
Rain sounds cue bats to stay at home
Mutually beneficial relationships are common, but what happens when one partner stops enforcing the other’s good behavior?
Join us to explore a few examples showcasing the spectrum of relationships among tropical organisms and their consequences from the genome to the global level. How does being in relationship change with time and what triggers tipping points that radically change the partners’ lives?
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.
Barro Colorado Island Research Station in Panama celebrates upcoming 100th birthday with an exhibition at the US National Museum of Natural History.