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.
Mutually beneficial relationships are common, but what happens when one partner stops enforcing the other’s good behavior?
As winged mammals, baby bats learn to fly and stop drinking mothers’ milk during their transition from infants to flying juveniles. Bat researchers observed a new behavior. Mothers push pups away with their forearms, perhaps encouraging them to go explore the world on their own
Celebrating International Bat Week, come learn about real vampires!
Animals will help restore tropical forests if people locate reforestation projects near existing forest reserves and control hunting.
Geologist Tony Coates changed the way we think about the ground under our feet. He confirmed the date when North and South America were connected at about 3 million years ago. We remember Tony not only as a skilled field geologist, but as a kind person and storyteller, who captured the imagination of scientists and non-scientists alike with his ability to spin a tale.
A Smithsonian emeritus scientist takes a field trip to some of Panama’s most important known marine fossil deposits for a quick lesson the age of the Ithsmus of Panama.
Art and science on the same wavelength
In September 2017, divers observed a massive “dead zone” rising to envelop Caribbean coral reefs in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Smithsonian post-docs joined together to understand marine hypoxia now and in the past.
After 14 thousand years of living in confinement and without the threat of predators, the white-faced capuchin monkeys on the Coiba National Park islands have begun to exhibit behaviors that have not been recorded in the mainland populations. For example, they are highly terrestrial and have learned to use stones as tools. Listen to doctoral student in animal behavior and former STRI fellow, Claudio Monteza, tell us this story.