Response to drought depends on forest age
March 05, 2018
Young forests adjust more readily.
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What were Caribbean coral reefs like before humans?
September 29, 2017
Fossil reefs from around the Caribbean show how biologically rich these ecosystems once were — and provide goalposts for conservationists hoping to restore them.
How long has Central America been so biologically diverse?
September 28, 2017
20-million-year-old fossil seeds shed light on origins of plant biodiversity in Panama.
Tropical dark respiration data tweak climate model
September 27, 2017
What do warmer nights mean for the release of carbon dioxide by tropical forests?
Whose shadow is safer?
September 27, 2017
A novel research project takes aim at the ageless question of what influences tropical seedling survival.
Solar domes simulate extreme future climate scenarios
June 14, 2017
How will tropical forests respond to a warmer climate with higher atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations? By growing plants in geodesic domes, Smithsonian scientist Klaus Winter is seeking answers.
Come meet some of Panama’s amazing and endangered frogs at our newest exhibit
June 14, 2017
As part of the Smithsonian’s program to save frogs from an extinction-causing disease, the Punta Culebra Nature Center offers an exclusive glimpse at some of the amphibians we and our partner institutions are trying to save.
Predation Is More Intense at Low Altitudes and Low Latitudes
May 18, 2017
Deployed from Greenland to Australia, caterpillar decoys were attacked the closer they were to sea level and the nearer they were to the tropics.
Monkey movements explained by forest structure in Panama
April 26, 2017
A tree-climbing research fellow created 3-D maps of monkey movements on Barro Colorado Island to better understand how forest disruptions by human activity can affect monkey mobility.
Galeta transformed into teacher-training campus
April 17, 2017
Smithsonian science in Panama reaches public school classrooms around the country thanks to hundreds of teachers who participate in training courses at STRI facilities.
