Hearing sensitivity of bats may explain their great diversity in tropical forests
A mobile hearing test determined that the hearing sensitivity of Neotropical bats is associated with the sounds generated by their prey, demonstrating how hearing ability may relate directly to niche differentiation.
Female Hummingbirds look like males to avoid harassment
Colorful female Jacobins in the wild may feed more frequently and for longer periods than their drab counterparts
Is it Cheaper to be bigger? Lessons from the extreme weapons of giraffe weevil warriors
How can larger animals bear the increased energetic costs of maintaining disproportionately large weapons?
An Amphibian Arc During Pandemic Times
For the last several decades, amphibians have experienced population declines and extinctions due to their own pandemic caused by a chytrid fungus. Creating amphibian arks is critical for the survival of the most-affected species. Jorge Guerrel, project manager of the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation project, will give us a closer look at Panama’s pioneering efforts to conserve native...
Similar to human babies, this bat species learns to communicate through babbling and vocal imitation
Long-term monitoring of the bat species Saccopteryx bilineata in their natural setting revealed that pups display babbling behavior strikingly similar to that of human infants
Biodiversity loss despite a century of protection
The Barro Colorado bird community has lost about a quarter of its species over time
Bats fall for the Decoy Effect
How does having a third choice (a decoy) change the way fruit-eating bats choose what to eat?
Understanding wildlife vulnerability to road networks
During three years, local scientist Dumas Gálvez drove along a road parallel to a rainforest looking out for dead vertebrates.
Is this the oldest cashew on the isthmus?
A fossil tree discovery in Panama offers clues regarding the establishment of the genus Anacardium in Central and South America
Punishment enforces cooperation in the fig-wasp mutualism: The exception proves the rule
Mutually beneficial relationships are common, but what happens when one partner stops enforcing the other’s good behavior?
