14 reasons to leave the STRI bubble
For many visiting researchers, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute becomes more than a job. It becomes your home and your primary social circle, so much that you sometime forget there is a world outside of work. But you would be remiss to skip out on all the opportunities beyond the STRI bubble. Here are 14 reasons to get out and go.
Panamanian students, scientists in the making
For these four women, the Smithsonian Institute’s internship program represented an opportunity to explore their research questions in the field
Can Evolution Rescue Lizards From Climate Change?
Some organisms adapt more quickly than others and may have a better chance to survive climate change. 2018 Tupper Fellow, Mike Logan, follows lizards as they adapt to islands.
Chocolate tasting, Jazz and Banjo Picking, Welcome Kirk Broders, Welcome Leila Nilipour, Smithsonian’s New Communication Chief visits STRI, Congrats Ummat and more
Chocolate tasting, Jazz and Banjo Picking, Welcome Kirk Broders, Welcome Leila Nilipour, Smithsonian’s New Communication Chief visits STRI, Congrats Ummat and more
Testosterone results in male-like behavior of female golden-collared manakins
How flexible are bird brains in response to hormones?
The Evolution of Obesity
The epidemic of obesity-related diseases such as heart disease and type-2 diabetes may be a result of an advantageous process gone awry as the body stores excess energy as visceral adipose tissue, fat surrounding the internal organs in the abdomen.
Weighing costs and benefits of motivating landowners to reforest the Panama Canal Watershed
How far should we go when paying for natural services? Economic sciences can help us calculate the exact amount
Surfer’s Ear Points to Ancient Pearl Divers in Panama
A small bump in the ear canal of skulls from burials near the Gulf of Panama, may indicate that ancient coastal residents dove in icy waters to recover pearls and valuable orange Spondylus shells.
Learning from Tropical Nature in 2018
Join us to celebrate a few of the discoveries made in 2018.
