Male or female
How does an intersex bee behave?
Marzo 10, 2020
A collaborative effort at Barro Colorado island described the daily rhythm of a rare half male-half female bee
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Sick and shunned?
Even fake illness affects relationships among vampire bats
Marzo 12, 2020
How do social interactions change in the face of illness? As humans face potential global pandemics we look to nature for examples. Close observation of another highly social animal, the vampire bat, sheds light on how interactions change—or do not change—as individuals become sick.
Just a little respect
Bocas dolphins may be more sociable while we shelter in place
Abril 13, 2020
A study of dolphin behavior in the presence of tourist boats informs conservation efforts.
Grounded
Monkey party?
Abril 29, 2020
White-faced capuchin monkeys come down from the trees on Panama’s Coiba island
Chronic exposure
Long-term consequences of coastal development as bad as an Oil Spill on Coral Reefs
Mayo 20, 2020
Three decades after the largest recorded oil spill near coastal habitats in Panama, scientists look at how coral reefs recover from acute contamination over time
STRI Zoom Seminar Series
Bat Talk with Dr. Rachel Page, May 20, 2020
Mayo 21, 2020
Find out more about why bats carry viruses and how both bats and humans benefit from bat conservation.
By Popular Demand
Mariana Muñoz-Romo’s introduction to the fascinating world of bats
Junio 10, 2020
People who’ve attended Bat Night, the STRI bat lab’s open house in Gamboa, Panama, may have had the opportunity to hear bat researcher, Mariana Muñoz-Romo, talk about her favorite animals: the only mammals with wings. Now we all have a chance to hear her talk online.
Old Genes, New Traits
Recycling old genes to get new traits – How social behavior evolves in bees
Junio 10, 2020
Researchers learned from some unusual sweat bee species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, how the sophisticated division of labor in highly complex insect societies can arise from humble beginnings.
Insect societies
Can social bees and ants teach us the pillars of sustainable societies?
Junio 18, 2020
STRI staff scientist and evolutionary biologist Bill Wcislo discusses the foibles of social bees and farming ants and the evolution of their behavior in changing environments. In a time of crisis, what can we learn from these insects about their highly efficient public health care systems?
Mision Manati
Science and technology for the conservation of manatees in Bocas del Toro and the Ngäbe-Buglé region
Julio 09, 2020
Manatees are endangered aquatic mammals. To help protect them, researchers Héctor Guzmán from STRI, Fernando Merchán, Héctor Poveda and Javier Sánchez-Galán from the Technological University of Panama (UTP), and Guillaume Ferré from ENSEIRB-MATMECA, developed a monitoring system based on hydrophones, which detects in real-time the underwater calls these animals make to communicate with each other.
