Palm pollinators
Not such evil Weevils
Mayo 26, 2021
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.
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Fish Photographers Extraordinaire
Smithsonian presents first Citizen Scientist award to Allison and Carlos Estapé for contributions to marine research
Octubre 26, 2022
Extraordinary underwater naturalists contribute unique fish photos to STRI’s Caribbean and Tropical Eastern Pacific Shorefish Apps
New shark species
Squatina mapama, new species from Panama: first report of an angel shark from the Central American Caribbean
Enero 19, 2022
Genetic analyses helped identify a new cryptic species of the genus Squatina from the Western Atlantic 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.
Serial Killer?
Scientists catch the suspect in long-term marine murder mystery
Mayo 12, 2023
Murder mysteries may take decades to resolve, especially if they take place under the sea. The massive deaths of sea urchins in the Caribbean in the 1980’s is one of them. But only after a new killing spree erupted in 2022, could scientists corner the probable killer.
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D. Ross Robertson
Since I joined STRI’s scientific staff in 1975, I have conducted field research on a broad range of topics relating to the reproductive biology, demography, population biology, behavior, community ecology, evolution and biogeography of tropical reef fishes, with an emphasis on those species that...
Tropical scholar
Smithsonian honors STRI’s Joe Wright
Junio 29, 2023
Plant ecologist S. Joseph Wright received an award for his illustrious career at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, in Panama.
Social Distancing
Like repels like: Social distancing may explain coexistence of biodiverse tree species in tropical forests
Agosto 30, 2023
STRI staff scientist Joe Wright and colleagues present results in Science indicating that diversity among adult tropical trees can be maintained if spatial repulsion among individuals of the same species is greater than spatial repulsion among individuals of different species.
Living Color
A new underwater photo studio yields pixel-scale fish color pattern data
Agosto 29, 2023
The first winner of the D. Ross Robertson Postdoctoral Fellowship for Field Studies on Neotropical Reef Fishes, Floriane Coulmance, tests a new, underwater camera system to study the connection between hamlet color patterns and genetics in fish from four countries around the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
Prehistoric predator
Extraordinary fossil find reveals details about the weight and diet of extinct saber-toothed marsupial
Octubre 12, 2023
A 13-million-year-old saber-toothed marsupial skeleton discovered during paleontological explorations in Colombia is the most complete specimen recovered in the region
