Plenty of gloom with a dash of hope: Fossils reveal a lone reef in similar state to coral reefs before human impact
Fossil corals show what reefs were like before human impact and reveal a modern “bright spot” reef with apparent long-term resilience to deterioration caused by humans.
The little bus that takes science to schools
Kids explore everything from fossils to climate change when the Smithsonian’s Q?Bus arrives. Since 2018, the Q?Bus team has engaged more than 10,000 kids in 3rd to 10th grade classrooms in hands-on tropical biology.
Microplastics are new homes for microbes in the Caribbean
Only about 1% of marine plastic debris is recovered at the ocean’s surface, meaning the other 99% likely either sinks or is consumed by marine organisms
From aquarist to star inventor
What started as a student summer job, became Anibal Velarde’s life’s work. Over fifty years later, he is still at the Smithsonian
Advisory Board Visit, In Honor of Tony Coates, Rachel Page’s Award, Galeta Guides at Biomuseo and Panama Viejo
Advisory Board Visit, In Honor of Tony Coates, Rachel Page’s Award, Galeta Guides at Biomuseo and Panama Viejo.
Olive ridley turtles avoid unfavorable conditions
The nomadic nature of these marine turtles allows them to adapt to dynamic environmental factors, but presents a conservation challenge that STRI researchers hope to resolve
NOT a Bird Dropping
The discerning eye of staff scientist, Annette Aiello, observed the fearless behavior of an iridescent insect resembling a bird dropping containing embedded, blue seeds.
The history and evolution of STRI, through its science
In six months, two library interns classified more than 14,000 STRI scientific articles by location.
Jaguars could prevent a not-so-great American Biotic Exchange
Urban and agricultural development and deforestation along the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor might be generating a new passageway for invasive species adapted to human disturbance.
A Bee’s-Eye-View of Panama in the late 1800’s
Bees and their pollen reveal the environment of the first Cathedral on the American mainland, as do photos by preeminent landscape photographer, Eadweard Muybridge.
