Weighing costs and benefits of motivating landowners to reforest the Panama Canal Watershed
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
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
Join us to celebrate a few of the discoveries made in 2018.
Urban tungara frogs are sexier than forest frogs
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
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
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.
First study of humpback whale survivors of killer whale attacks in the Southeastern Pacific
Attacks on humpback whales may be on the rise, according to an analysis of scars on humpback whales published in Endangered Species Research.
New Tupper Fellow, #SemanaDeLaCiencia, Youth Access Grant for the Q?Bus, book donation to MAC and more
New Tupper Fellow, #SemanaDeLaCiencia, Smithsonian Youth Access Grant for the Q?Bus, STRI book donation to MAC, STRI in Paris, Teachers test Mosquito! Curriculum, New Board Members and a Spooky evening at Punta Culebra.
Mother bats may nudge pups to grow up
As winged mammals, baby bats learn to fly and stop drinking mothers’ milk during their transition from infants to flying juveniles. Bat researchers observed a new behavior. Mothers push pups away with their forearms, perhaps encouraging them to go explore the world on their own
Mysteries of a golden beetle
Human sisters may look extremely different from one another. What does that have to do with gold, black and red beetles?
