New book offers deep-time tour of Colombia
STRI’s Carlos Jaramillo and a team of 25 co-authors explore themes from fossil formation to the bridging of the Americas to the role of humans in modern ecosystems.
Tracking Aedes Mosquito Invasions in Panama
Mosquitoes in the genus Aedes, which can carry dangerous viruses causing yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika, invaded the crossroads of the Americas multiple times, by land and by sea.
Lessons From Amphibian Die-off in Panama
What slows or stops a disease epidemic if the pathogen is still present? It appears that wild frogs are becoming increasingly resistant to the chytrid fungal disease that has decimated amphibian populations around the world.
Predators learn to identify prey from other predators
It is much faster to learn to recognize a new prey item from a neighboring species, than to learn by trial and error.
First Evidence of Live-traded Dogs for Maya Ceremonies
At one of the oldest Maya sites, STRI staff archaeologist, Ashley Sharpe, discovered dog bones from the Guatemalan highlands deep within two pyramids.
Smithsonian Researchers Name New Ocean Zone
New ocean zone is home to many new species of reef fish
How do natural and human-discharged nutrient pulses impact tropical marine ecosystems?
Nutrient upwelling season in the Bay of Panama and water quality tests from 20 previously unmonitored rivers provide a Panamanian researcher with clues about how nutrient addition impacts coastal ecosystems.
Fast growth despite phosphorus limitation
Individual tree species, not forest communities, respond to changes in phosphorus levels.
Response to drought depends on forest age
Young forests adjust more readily.
What were Caribbean coral reefs like before humans?
Fossil reefs from around the Caribbean show how biologically rich these ecosystems once were — and provide goalposts for conservationists hoping to restore them.
