Eavesdropping
Underwater Manatee chatter may aid in their conservation
Octubre 04, 2019
Scientists propose a new method, based on underwater recordings, for estimating the population size of the Antillean manatee, an endangered marine mammal
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Night hunters
Bats use private and social information as they hunt
Octubre 04, 2019
As some of the most savvy and sophisticated predators out there, bats eavesdrop on their prey and even on other bats to collect a wide variety of information about their prey.
Leadership models
What makes a good (primate) leader?
Octubre 17, 2019
Does a good leader have a better mental map of food in the forest? or is she simply driven by hunger?
Bound by blood
Vampire bat bonding persists from the lab to the wild
Octubre 31, 2019
Bats moved from a captive colony back to a tree stayed with their friends.
Yikes!
Venomous snake captures frog-eating bat
Noviembre 01, 2019
Hubert Szczygieł recently arrived at STRI in Panama and is already becoming one of Gamboa’s most awesome natural historians.
Hope for Chucunaque
First Jaguar in Panama fitted with GPS transmitter
Noviembre 29, 2019
After years of catching jaguars only in camera-trap images, Ricardo Moreno, STRI research associate and National Geographic Emerging Explorer, and a team of 20 biologists and community members were able to catch a jaguar and fit it with a transmitter that will help researchers conserve these majestic cats in the wild.
Baby shark
Fishing exclusion zones to help manage shark populations in Pacific Panama
Diciembre 17, 2019
Researchers identify 11 potential nursery areas of locally common and migratory sharks, which could help support shark conservation efforts in Panama and the region.
Dodging
Olive ridley turtles avoid unfavorable conditions
Enero 30, 2020
The nomadic nature of these marine turtles allows them to adapt to dynamic environmental factors, but presents a conservation challenge that STRI researchers hope to resolve
Swimming on microplastics
Microplastics are new homes for microbes in the Caribbean
Febrero 19, 2020
Only about 1% of marine plastic debris is recovered at the ocean’s surface, meaning the other 99% likely either sinks or is consumed by marine organisms
Buried with snails
What animal bones tell us about the rise and fall of the Maya in Guatemala
Mayo 18, 2020
Tens of thousands of tiny bone fragments reveal eating habits, ceremonial practices and the development of animal domestication during more than 2000 years of history.
