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?
Desperate brittlestars, suffocating corals and resilient microbes: First multidisciplinary data from an acute marine hypoxic event and its historical context
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.
Caribbean mangrove forests may serve as coral shelters
Most coral species fared better in the shaded environment offered by the mangrove canopy
Exploring the cloudiest forest in Central America
The Fortuna Hydrological Reserve hosts one third of Panama’s tree species, a variety of fungi waiting to be discovered and a great potential to offset global warming
How can “shark dandruff” contribute to coral reef conservation?
Sharks’ bodies are covered with tiny, tooth-like scales called denticles. Shed denticles settle to the ocean floor, where they remain in sediments for years and can be used to understand which sharks lived on a reef in the past.
Biologists discover that more intense predation in the tropics can limit marine invasions
What makes a successful invasion? What keeps invaders out? Are some geographic locations more vulnerable to invasion than others?
STRI Interim Director recognized in Washington
Secretary of the Smithsonian awards medal to Oris Sanjur for her exceptional work in Panama
Women in science propose changes to discriminatory measures of scientific success
The scientists advocate shifting the current value system, which is biased against women and minorities, towards a more diverse and inclusive model of science
