Sundance for Science
New nature documentary follows Smithsonian scientists underwater
Octubre 19, 2020
Deep reefs may represent one of the most diverse, underexplored ecosystems on the planet.
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Recognition
Richard Cooke joins International Council for Archaeozoology’s Committee of Honor
Febrero 03, 2021
STRI staff scientist Richard Cooke has been elected to the Committee of Honor of the International Council for Archaeozoology, of which he has been a member since 1993.
An ‘oral’ history
Archaeologists search for the origin of dental modification in Panama
Marzo 26, 2021
A new study asks when and how the Ngäbe indigenous group began to practice dental modification
Breaches and Spy-hops
Informed tourists make whale watching safer for whales
Mayo 07, 2021
How does whale watching affect whale behavior? Who watches whales in Panama’s Las Perlas Archipelago? Researchers from STRI and ASU hope to recommend innovative data-based conservation strategies.
Marine protection
Panama expands the limits of the Coiba Cordillera protected area
Junio 09, 2021
With this science-based initiative, 30% of the panamanian marine surface will be under some degree of protection
Inclusive science
Women in science propose changes to discriminatory measures of scientific success
Junio 21, 2021
The scientists advocate shifting the current value system, which is biased against women and minorities, towards a more diverse and inclusive model of science
Invasion dynamics
Biologists discover that more intense predation in the tropics can limit marine invasions
Junio 23, 2021
What makes a successful invasion? What keeps invaders out? Are some geographic locations more vulnerable to invasion than others?
Shark dandruff
How can “shark dandruff” contribute to coral reef conservation?
Julio 06, 2021
Sharks’ bodies are covered with tiny, tooth-like scales called denticles. Shed denticles settle to the ocean floor, where they remain in sediments for years and can be used to understand which sharks lived on a reef in the past.
Super corals?
Yacht Acadia Expedition: are eastern pacific corals climate change survivors?
Febrero 25, 2021
An entrepreneur who dreamed of becoming an oceanographer teams up with STRI researchers and young Latin American biologists to find out if some coral reefs are more resilient than others. His yacht will be the center of operations as they deploy high tech sensor arrays at sites around the tropical eastern Pacific.
Safe haven
Caribbean mangrove forests may serve as coral shelters
Julio 26, 2021
Most coral species fared better in the shaded environment offered by the mangrove canopy
