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Chocolate tasting, Jazz and Banjo Picking, Welcome Kirk Broders, Welcome Leila Nilipour, Smithsonian’s New Communication Chief visits STRI, Congrats Ummat and more
February 01, 2019
Chocolate tasting, Jazz and Banjo Picking, Welcome Kirk Broders, Welcome Leila Nilipour, Smithsonian’s New Communication Chief visits STRI, Congrats Ummat and more
Testosterone results in male-like behavior of female golden-collared manakins
January 30, 2019
How flexible are bird brains in response to hormones?
The Evolution of Obesity
January 29, 2019
The epidemic of obesity-related diseases such as heart disease and type-2 diabetes may be a result of an advantageous process gone awry as the body stores excess energy as visceral adipose tissue, fat surrounding the internal organs in the abdomen.
Weighing costs and benefits of motivating landowners to reforest the Panama Canal Watershed
January 18, 2019
How far should we go when paying for natural services? Economic sciences can help us calculate the exact amount
Surfer’s Ear Points to Ancient Pearl Divers in Panama
January 18, 2019
A small bump in the ear canal of skulls from burials near the Gulf of Panama, may indicate that ancient coastal residents dove in icy waters to recover pearls and valuable orange Spondylus shells.
Learning from Tropical Nature in 2018
December 20, 2018
Join us to celebrate a few of the discoveries made in 2018.
Urban tungara frogs are sexier than forest frogs
December 10, 2018
How do animals adapt to urban environments? In the case of the Tungara frog, city males put on a more elaborate display than males in forested areas.
Family Day on Barro Colorado Island, SNI Honors Cooke and Sanjur, SENACYT’s plans for Coiba lab, Condolences to Kursar and Jackson families
December 03, 2018
Family Day on Barro Colorado Island, SNI Honors Cooke and Sanjur, SENACYT’s plans for Coiba lab, Condolences to Kursar and Jackson families, art meets science, new Fulbright-National Geographic fellow speaks at Naos, scientists host university students , Congratulations to Daney Ramirez, Corotú cafeteria changes hand, New digital giving campaign, STRI participates in local events
Autotomy, the shedding of a body part, reveals the hidden cost of conflict
November 16, 2018
Not only does it take energy to make weapons, it may take even more energy to maintain them. Because leaf-footed bugs drop their legs, it is possible to measure how much energy they allocate to maintaining this appendage that males use to fight other males.
