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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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.
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.
Guano secrets
DNA in fringe-lipped bat poop reveals unexpected eating habits
Octubre 26, 2020
The poop of Trachops cirrhosus revealed surprising results about its foraging abilities and prey preferences.
Micropaleontology
Modern computational tools may open a new era for fossil pollen research
Noviembre 12, 2020
By integrating machine-learning technology with high-resolution imaging, scientists are improving the taxonomic resolution of fossil pollen identifications and greatly enhancing the use of pollen data in ecological and evolutionary research.
Picture the Unseen
A community of scientists put microbial ecosystems back together again using anvi’o
Enero 14, 2021
Post-doc Jarrod Scott is an active contributor to anvi’o, a set of computational tools to visualize microbial communities.
Celebrate Earth Day 2021!
New bilingual videos feature tropical landscape management for a sustainable future
Abril 22, 2021
The Agua Salud project’s new videos, narrated in Spanish and English by Panamanian actress Hilary Hughes, share the results of tropical reforestation and landscape restoration research pioneered in Panama.
Agua Salud
A conversation about changing the future through better land management in the tropics
Abril 28, 2021
How can science help to restore deforested land, reduce the risk of flooding and combat climate change? Find out in a virtual chat with Jefferson Hall, director of STRI’s Agua Salud Project, Katherine Sinacore, post-doctoral fellow and Edwin Garcia, master’s degree student, moderated by STRI Interim Director, Oris Sanjur and Associate Director for Communications Linette Dutari.
A useful tool
Atlas of the Panamanian Caribbean macroalgae, their autofluorescence and uses
Septiembre 22, 2022
Although these seaweeds are very popular among the Guna Yala community, it is no less true that their use is unknown to the public.
Tiny Tool
Modern pollen as a tool for paleoecological research (talk in Spanish)
Abril 25, 2023
Each plant produces a particular type of pollen, which means that it has unique characteristics that can be used to identify the species to which it belongs.
