Sol Parra
How do genes allow butterflies to mimic each other’s wing color patterns?
Junio 29, 2022
Young entomologist Sol Parra uses gene editing technology to understand how color pattern mimicry evolves in butterflies.
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Does this ring a bell?
Wild bats can remember sounds for years
Julio 11, 2022
Researcher May Dixon discovered that frog-eating bats could recognize ringtones indicating a food reward up to four years later.
Omayra Meléndez
My Journey to Barro Colorado Island (Part 1 of 3)
Julio 22, 2022
For many tropical biologists, all roads lead to Panama’s Barro Colorado Island, the most-studied piece of tropical real estate in the world. STRI Intern Omayra Meléndez shares her story about arriving on BCI and how the island is transforming her career.
Super-apex predator
New 3D model shows: Megalodon could eat prey the size of entire killer whales
Agosto 22, 2022
Megalodon could fully consume prey the size of today’s killer whales and then roam the seas without more food for two months.
Amphibian Ark
An Amphibian Ark! Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project
Septiembre 08, 2022
Rescuing and establishing sustainable populations of endangered amphibian species.
Bat perfume
Solving a crusty mystery
Diciembre 30, 2019
Why do some male bats have sticky, odorous arms? The first clues only led to more questions. But now a new sleuth, Mariana Muñoz-Romo, described by a colleague as “probably the world’s expert on chemical communication in a bat species,” is on the case.
Lex talionis
Punishment enforces cooperation in the fig-wasp mutualism: The exception proves the rule
Agosto 02, 2021
Mutually beneficial relationships are common, but what happens when one partner stops enforcing the other’s good behavior?
Safe science
STRI Director Josh Tewksbury’s Remarks on Harassment
Diciembre 23, 2021
We are all working together to make tropical biology research safe for everyone by eliminating harassment.
Real vampires!
The Vampire Bat
Octubre 21, 2022
Celebrating International Bat Week, come learn about real vampires!
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Donald M. Windsor
My colleagues and I bring field-collected leaf beetles (principally Cassidinae sensu lato) into the lab to more carefully observe and photograph feeding behavior and to archive the various immature stages for systematic morphological study. Insects are labeled and stored in ethanol at -20C and...
