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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.
Tracking humpback whales
Scientists tag humpbackwhales in Southeast Pacific
Abril 13, 2017
Satellite tracking technology reveals the massive ranges of breeding areas of humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean.
Happy Birthday BCI
100 Years of Tropical Biology at the Smithsonian’s Barro Colorado Island Research Station in Panama
Abril 17, 2023
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute will celebrate 100 years of tropical forest research at Barro Colorado Island Field Station in Panama with exhibits and events.
Ka Boom
Lightning strikes more than 100 million times per year in the tropics
Julio 23, 2020
Tropical storms often begin with an impressive display of pyrotechnics, but researchers have largely overlooked the role of lightning strikes in tropical ecosystems.
Spidey-Sense!
Friendly or Dangerous? All about spiders
Mayo 30, 2023
Discover the fascinating world of spiders in Panama!
Consequences
Climate change: causes, effects and predictions
Junio 30, 2023
Almost everything we do in some way contributes to climate change.
Sneaky
Are bats spying on their prey in the canopy?
Octubre 22, 2019
Eavesdropping behavior in the canopy may answer questions about how acoustic interplay among animals has developed over millions of years in the forest
Redefining sexual dimorphism
Is odor the secret to bats’ sex appeal?
Enero 29, 2021
A literature review revealed that odor-producing glands and tissues in bats may play a prominent role in mating behavior
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
