Amy Koehler transforms bat science into bat art
October 30, 2020
Reshaping her interest in science into a career in art, Amy Koehler does what she loves best in the Bat Lab
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You are what you eat: Evolutionary lessons from agricultural ants in Panama
October 28, 2020
Just as contemporary human societies depend on large-scale agriculture, leaf-cutter ants depend on a long, co-evolved relationship with a fungus. As humans, we may share some of the same rules that govern their relationship.
DNA in fringe-lipped bat poop reveals unexpected eating habits
October 26, 2020
The poop of Trachops cirrhosus revealed surprising results about its foraging abilities and prey preferences.
The ritual significance of a classic Maya sweat bath in Guatemala
October 23, 2020
An unusual offering in an abandoned and unique-looking structure revealed new evidence of the role it played in the community
Mosquito-borne Disease Transmission Risk
October 22, 2020
Join Jose Loaiza, STRI Research Associate and Senior Scientist at Panama’s INDICASAT-AIP, for the latest information about the role of disease transmission by mosquitos in Panama.
New nature documentary follows Smithsonian scientists underwater
October 19, 2020
Deep reefs may represent one of the most diverse, underexplored ecosystems on the planet.
How the ability to clone itself may empower a mystery globetrotter
October 09, 2020
It always pays to think outside of the box. Rachel Collin decided to look further afield to find the adult form that matched a larvae from a plankton sample in Panama and was surprised by the result.
A journey of growth and discovery
October 09, 2020
The first time Dumas Gálvez saw the ant species Ectatomma ruidum under a microscope, he was just a little boy. He was immediately fascinated. A few decades later, as a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), a professor in the entomology department at the University of Panama and a mentor to young scientists, he does research on that same ant species. Listen...
Unequal migration across the land-bridge millions of years ago
October 06, 2020
The disproportionate extinction of South American mammals when the Americas collided is still evident today
A new nemertean species discovered in Panama’s Bocas del Toro archipelago was named after a local biologist
September 28, 2020
The novel ribbon worm was found as part of STRI’s Training in Tropical Taxonomy program and represents the first species of its genus from the Caribbean
