Golden bees
A Bee’s-Eye-View of Panama in the late 1800’s
Enero 13, 2020
Bees and their pollen reveal the environment of the first Cathedral on the American mainland, as do photos by preeminent landscape photographer, Eadweard Muybridge.
Bees and their pollen reveal the environment of the first Cathedral on the American mainland, as do photos by preeminent landscape photographer, Eadweard Muybridge.
A fossil tree discovery in Panama offers clues regarding the establishment of the genus Anacardium in Central and South America
Over the last 50 years, since 1972, Panama has lost almost 50% of its mangroves primarily due to urban expansion and the conversion of mangroves into agricultural land.
A group of high school students describe how Azteca alfari ants respond to damage to their host plant
After being taught annually for three decades, the Smithsonian Introductory Field Life Sciences Course was suspended due to the pandemic, but it made a digital comeback in 2021.
Understanding when and where trees die in vast tropical forests is a challenging first step toward understanding carbon dynamics and climate change. Researchers explained variations in tree mortality over a five-year period by analyzing drone images of one of the most-studied tropical forests in the world, Barro Colorado Island in Panama.
Botanist Alicia Ibañez hopes the book, which presents new data on the tiny island’s endemic flora and fauna in both Spanish and Ngäbere, will increase awareness of the importance of preserving its biodiversity.
Camera traps in the forest canopy document a nocturnal mammal that may help Zamia pseudoparasitica survive up in the air.
Although these seaweeds are very popular among the Guna Yala community, it is no less true that their use is unknown to the public.
The tiny female fig wasp carries a huge burden but cutting corners may not be worth the risk.