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Baby biodiversity

“Python of the Sea” study highlights marine biodiversity underestimates

Abril 28, 2022

Most ocean life remains to be discovered. Because fish and many other animals that live in the ocean often have larvae or other, microscopic life stages that drift freely in ocean water, counting species by genetic barcoding of plankton samples adds to counts of species recorded as adults and is a highly efficient way to understand what lives in the ocean and how biodiversity changes as we modify the ocean environment.

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Ricardo Moreno

How can humans and jaguars coexist?

Mayo 19, 2022

From tracking the movements of large felines across the continent to helping rural communities reap the benefits of protecting biodiversity, director of Yaguará Panamá Foundation Ricardo Moreno turned his childhood dream into a mission.

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Say cheese!

Solving mysteries of Panamanian fauna with camera traps

Mayo 24, 2022

Traditionally, we highlight the richness of the fauna that lives in the forests of Panama. However, the complex Panamanian forests also hide a diversity in the behavior of this fauna. Considering how small Panama is, for these same species, the behavior can vary according to its environment. In this talk we will talk about how camera traps provide us with pieces of the puzzle of the ecology and behavior of the fauna in Panama.

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Manatee lagoon

Have Antillean manatees crossed the Panama Canal?

Julio 13, 2022

Over half a century ago, a group of manatees from Bocas del Toro was flown into the artificial Gatun Lake to control the abundance of aquatic plants and for public health reasons. Where are they now?

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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.

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How do bats handle unnatural noise?

Frog-hunting bats overcome noisy environments by switching sensory channels

Septiembre 15, 2016

A discovery by a Smithsonian intern in Panama is published by the journal Science.

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Learning to fly

Mother bats may nudge pups to grow up

Octubre 26, 2018

As winged mammals, baby bats learn to fly and stop drinking mothers’ milk during their transition from infants to flying juveniles. Bat researchers observed a new behavior. Mothers push pups away with their forearms, perhaps encouraging them to go explore the world on their own

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Gamboa Bat Nights

Bilingual Bat Nights, Noches de Murciélagos, along the Panama Canal

Noviembre 14, 2023

The first Sunday of every month, residents and visitors join researchers from the Smithsonian Bat Lab to get a close-up look at Panama’s bats.

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Bat Island

BAT ISLAND: A Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats

Diciembre 14, 2023

Meet the 76 species of bats that occupy this small island!

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Mark Torchin

My lab’s research focuses on coastal marine ecology with an emphasis on host-parasite and consumer interactions, infectious diseases and biological invasions. I focus on how trophic interactions such as parasitism and predation alter populations, community structure and ecosystems. Parasites are...

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