Caught red handed
The mystery of an unusual Panamanian plant’s dispersal
Marzo 25, 2022
Camera traps in the forest canopy document a nocturnal mammal that may help Zamia pseudoparasitica survive up in the air.
Camera traps in the forest canopy document a nocturnal mammal that may help Zamia pseudoparasitica survive up in the air.
Young entomologist Sol Parra uses gene editing technology to understand how color pattern mimicry evolves in butterflies.
Although these seaweeds are very popular among the Guna Yala community, it is no less true that their use is unknown to the public.
Mutually beneficial relationships are common, but what happens when one partner stops enforcing the other’s good behavior?
The tiny female fig wasp carries a huge burden but cutting corners may not be worth the risk.
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.
Congratulations to Dolores Piperno and Helene Muller-Landau!
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...
I have worked on the behavior and natural history of diverse organisms, and have generally allowed them to guide me to interesting questions rather than attempting to impose my own pre-planned questions on them. Other than a general emphasis on natural selection, behavior and its functions, and...
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.