Safer for Whales
Smithsonian Science Supports Costa Rican Cetacean Conservation
Junio 12, 2018
Whale tracking research contributes to maritime safety and cetacean protection in Costa Rica and the Pacific
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Life on a Leaf
Latvian Scientist Studies Epiphyll Communities in Panama
Junio 20, 2018
STRI is hosting Dr. Anna Mežaka, originally from Latvia and currently employed at the University of Marburg (UMR), Germany, who is doing a project called “Life on a leaf: species interactions and community dynamics in epiphyll communities” funded by a Marie Skłodowska - Curie Global Fellowship from the European Union.
Not Resilient
Old Species Learn New Tricks…Very Slowly
Agosto 23, 2018
Perhaps old species, like some older people, gradually lose their ability to deal with changes in their environment. Aaron O’Dea and colleagues show that when the Caribbean was cut off from the Pacific by the rise of the Panama land bridge, evolutionarily old species took longer to expand into new habitats than evolutionarily younger species did.
Killer Whales
First study of humpback whale survivors of killer whale attacks in the Southeastern Pacific
Noviembre 07, 2018
Attacks on humpback whales may be on the rise, according to an analysis of scars on humpback whales published in Endangered Species Research.
STRILights
Learning from Tropical Nature in 2018
Diciembre 20, 2018
Join us to celebrate a few of the discoveries made in 2018.
Trans birds
Testosterone results in male-like behavior of female golden-collared manakins
Enero 30, 2019
How flexible are bird brains in response to hormones?
Fellows Symposium
Where bright young minds meet
Febrero 19, 2019
The diverse community of students working in the Panamanian tropics learn from each other during STRI’s two-day fellowship symposium.
Interesting Chemistry
Innovation by ice cream bean relatives explains biodiversity
Marzo 14, 2019
The back and forth relationship between insects and their food plants may drive tropical biodiversity evolution according to work on Barro Colorado Island’s 50 hectare plot.
Cloud habitat
Mysterious cloud forest bees and their microbes - Part I
Abril 08, 2019
Three adventure-seekers meet in the clouds, each with their own reasons to learn more about mysterious jewel-like bees.
Habitat symbiosis
Punta Galeta, where sea and earth coexist
Abril 15, 2019
The Smithsonian’s first marine lab on Panama’s Caribbean coast invites visitors and researchers to experience the diversity of marine ecosystems within a protected space.
