Under the sea
A decade of deep-reef exploration in the Greater Caribbean
Marzo 09, 2022
The use of submersibles exponentially increased recorded diversity of islands’ deep-reef fish faunas.
The use of submersibles exponentially increased recorded diversity of islands’ deep-reef fish faunas.
Botanist Alicia Ibañez hopes the book, which presents new data on the tiny island’s endemic flora and fauna in both Spanish and Ngäbere, will increase awareness of the importance of preserving its biodiversity.
Join Alvaro, Andreina and Francis from the Punta Culebra Nature Center, to discover the new interactive and experimental learning space called Q?rioso, which will highlight collections and laboratory equipment from the Smithsonian Institution and where participants will be able to unleash their...
Camera traps in the forest canopy document a nocturnal mammal that may help Zamia pseudoparasitica survive up in the air.
Tiny, fruit-eating bats take over the roost of larger, carnivorous bats at the edge of Panama’s Soberanía National Park.
Non-native species have the potential to cause deleterious ecological and economic impacts on the areas where they are introduced. Shipping canals are crucial in shortening modern-world maritime transportation routes but are also major passageways for non-native species. The Panama Canal is the...
Fungi shape the diversity of life. Characterizing the evolution of fungi is critical to understanding symbiotic associations across kingdoms. In this study, we investigate the genomic and metabolomic diversity of the genus Escovopsis, a specialized parasite of fungus-growing ant gardens. Based...
Understanding how a genome can produce phenotypes like patterns, morphologies and behaviors is one of the core goals of biology. The wing patterns of butterflies are an excellent system for studying how genotypes produce phenotypes: they are a developmentally tractable phenotype, produced by...