Colorful warning
Red flags: I’m not the bug for you!
Marzo 27, 2024
The matador bugs' vibrant flags are neither a dating display nor a distraction tactic, they’re part of an elaborate defense strategy, according to a new study in Gamboa
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Following the swarm
Making a short documentary film in Panama’s tropical forest
Abril 11, 2024
In the Panamanian forest, researchers track swarms of carnivorous army ants and the birds that follow them. A new documentary reveals a glimpse of life, and research in the Neotropics
So hot!
How do insects cope with the rising temperatures?
Mayo 17, 2024
Temperatures affect ant behavior and colony function
The one that hunts with a leap
Between pasture and forest: the crusade to protect the jaguar in Panama
Julio 24, 2024
Fundación Yaguará Panama not only leads the protection of the largest feline in the Americas in cattle ranching areas of the country, but also promotes gender equality by actively involving women in key roles in the project, both at the scientific and community levels.
Egged on
How frogs’ superpowers may have led to life on land
Julio 31, 2024
Frogs lay eggs both in the water and in jelly-like masses on plants. Could their flexible behavior help explain how vertebrates moved from life in ocean to life on land?
Red-eyed treefrogs
Red-eyed treefrog eggs hatch a plan to escape warming temperatures
Julio 12, 2024
A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) shows that red-eyed treefrog embryos hatch early when exposed to high ammonia levels — an environmental cue that it’s too hot and dry for the eggs to survive.
Leatherback migrations
Leatherback sea turtle behavior: stay near home or set off across the ocean?
Octubre 30, 2024
A new study finds that leatherback sea turtles tend to migrate rather than forage when chlorophyll, primary productivity, and sea surface temperature levels are lower.
And… action!
The benefits of small-scale plantations for mammal species in mixed landscapes (Webinar in Spanish)
Noviembre 08, 2024
The importance of timber plantations as corridors or shelter for mammals.
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.
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.
