Half a century
From aquarist to star inventor
Febrero 05, 2020
What started as a student summer job, became Anibal Velarde’s life’s work. Over fifty years later, he is still at the Smithsonian
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Climate change winners
Is the world’s biggest vine on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island?
Julio 19, 2024
Long-term research at Barro Colorado Island Research Station and at many other locations show that there are more woody vines in tropical forests, but very little is known about them. They are difficult to measure and so are often overlooked. This research group measured the biggest vine they have found on the island—but is this the biggest liana in the world? The authors challenge others to come up with a bigger one.
Cooling CO2 Emissions
Can we reduce carbon dioxide emissions by simply allowing forests to recover?
Septiembre 13, 2024
Regrowing tropical forests emit significantly lower soil carbon dioxide than cattle pastures.
Undeniable
Science and universal education for tackling climate change
Marzo 25, 2020
The world economy is based on increased population and consumption, and education has an important impact on reducing this
Smothering Biodiversity
Hopeful News for Caribbean Reefs? Low Oxygen May Be More Deadly for Staghorn Corals than High Temperatures
Octubre 25, 2024
First experimental comparison of the effects of temperature and oxygen deprivation on three key Caribbean coral species shows that nightly low oxygen tips the balance of species survival away from tall, elegant, reef-building corals, towards lower, weedy corals, simplifying coral communities.
A different perspective
Art and science converge in Irene Kopelman’s latest work
Diciembre 13, 2024
Irene Kopelman’s most recent exhibit, which includes a new collaboration with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, can be seen at Panama’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Sean Connolly
Research in my lab combines empirical work with mathematical and statistical modelling to study patterns, dynamics, causes and consequences of biodiversity at scales ranging from local coexistence of species with similar resource requirements, to species interactions and coexistence at the...
Scientists for scientists
Wartime grant brings Ukrainian bat biologists to Panama
Septiembre 25, 2024
Over the last two years, staff at the Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center have worked to save bats from the dangers of the Russian full-scale invasion. Now, they join researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute to study bat behavior in Panama.
Queen of the forest
Unlocking forest biodiversity: What can Virola nobilis trees teach us about tropical ecology?
Junio 10, 2024
Virola trees in Panama are defying a well-known hypothesis from the 1970s regarding tropical biodiversity, revealing how genetics and the environment shape pathogen communities and seedling survival in tropical forests
Camille Delavaux
My Journey to Barro Colorado Island (Part 3 of 3)
Julio 27, 2022
STRI from Myth to Reality: Working on Barro Colorado Island as Part of a Community.
