Innovation by ice cream bean relatives explains biodiversity
The back and forth relationship between insects and their food plants may drive tropical biodiversity evolution according to work on Barro Colorado Island’s 50 hectare plot.
2019 Fellowship Meetings and Fellows Symposium, Library visit, Gamboa window treatment, Angela Calderon Presents Seminar at STRI, Pat and David Jernigan visit Galeta, Bocas Teacher training and more
Lisina Hoch’s generosity spanned decades
Quietly behind the scenes, the Hoch family funds pioneering research in the rainforest canopy, exploration of both the Caribbean and the Pacific and the development of an “ecological village” in Gamboa. We mourn the passing of Lisina Hoch, family matriarch and visionary STRI supporter and remember her many family trips to Panama.
Words, Birds, and Watercolor: an Interview with Charlotte Steeves
Charlotte Steeves studies the relationship between land use and seasonal river stream flow at STRI as part of the Agua Salud project . She has been a STRI intern since January 2018. However, her involvement with Panama goes back much further: In some ways it seems like she’s been preparing for this adventure for her whole life.
Amphibian skin bacteria is more diverse in cold and variable environments according to global survey
Frog researchers swabbed 205 amphibian species to better understand the ecology of their skin bacteria. Which environmental factors influence the makeup of their microbiomes?
Agua Salud helps inform smart land management decisions through science
Through the long-term study of different landscapes in the Panama Canal Watershed, and the environmental services they offer, the Agua Salud project aims to use its data to improve human welfare and ensure a more sustainable future throughout the tropics
Where bright young minds meet
The diverse community of students working in the Panamanian tropics learn from each other during STRI’s two-day fellowship symposium.
14 reasons to leave the STRI bubble
For many visiting researchers, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute becomes more than a job. It becomes your home and your primary social circle, so much that you sometime forget there is a world outside of work. But you would be remiss to skip out on all the opportunities beyond the STRI bubble. Here are 14 reasons to get out and go.
Panamanian students, scientists in the making
For these four women, the Smithsonian Institute’s internship program represented an opportunity to explore their research questions in the field
Can Evolution Rescue Lizards From Climate Change?
Some organisms adapt more quickly than others and may have a better chance to survive climate change. 2018 Tupper Fellow, Mike Logan, follows lizards as they adapt to islands.
