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.
Recognizing that a connection to our ocean must be fostered with every generation, the 7th Our Ocean Conference Youth Delegation sought to highlight the contributions of young leaders advocating to protect our ocean. The Youth Delegation was made up of participants aged 18-30, with a focus on applicants from the Asia-Pacific region.
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
We are all working together to make tropical biology research safe for everyone by eliminating harassment.
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.
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.