How do bats handle unnatural noise?
Frog-hunting bats overcome noisy environments by switching sensory channels
Septiembre 15, 2016
A discovery by a Smithsonian intern in Panama is published by the journal Science.
A discovery by a Smithsonian intern in Panama is published by the journal Science.
Research in my lab seeks to understand the processes determining tropical forest biomass, dynamics, plant species composition, and diversity, and their variation within and among sites and over time. The biomass of a forest reflects the interplay of wood production via growth and loss via...
I’ve gotten used to performing long-term studies, and shorter-term field experiments, but most of all try to mix and match what is both interesting and useful. Many studies have come to fruition, and those I continue to expand consider 1) ecology and taxonomy of stingless bees and orchid bees, 2...
A rocky intertidal zone and sandy beach
at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.
Late to bed or early to rise, a forest rodent’s increases its chances of demise.
Things just got worse for male túngara frogs who beckon frog-eating bats with their mating calls. Now it appears that the ripples they make also attract hungry bats.
The tiny female fig wasp carries a huge burden but cutting corners may not be worth the risk.
Large numbers of small algae-grazing sea urchins and fish may take the place of larger grazers to prevent algae from overgrowing reefs, a new study shows.
Satellite tracking technology reveals the massive ranges of breeding areas of humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean.
Deployed from Greenland to Australia, caterpillar decoys were attacked the closer they were to sea level and the nearer they were to the tropics.