An Orchid Beetle Discovered
New beetles highlightorchid connection
Junio 13, 2014
In a remote Bolivian forest, a Smithsonian researcher discovers the first beetle species that live on orchids.
In a remote Bolivian forest, a Smithsonian researcher discovers the first beetle species that live on orchids.
Panama’s haul of tuna, lobster, shellfish and sharks has been dramatically underreported for decades, according to a new study.
A binding regional accord protects the world’s largest fish in the New World tropics.
The director of Panama’s herbaria invite visiting researchers to use these valuable resources of Panama’s astounding plant biodiversity.
Nutrient upwelling season in the Bay of Panama and water quality tests from 20 previously unmonitored rivers provide a Panamanian researcher with clues about how nutrient addition impacts coastal ecosystems.
New ocean zone is home to many new species of reef fish
A whale shark named Anne swam all the way across the Pacific from Coiba National Park in Panama to the Marianas Trench.
A new paper in Science shows that big female fish are disproportionately important to maintaining populations. The research suggests that protection of large, reproductive females is essential to sustaining viable fish stocks.
Rapid increases in ocean acidity puts crustose coralline algae in a growth predicament, research by a Smithsonian marine scientist shows.
With multiple projects in both the Pacific and the Caribbean, the Collin Lab pieces together the complex life histories of marine invertebrates.