Scientists question hydrological model for Panama Canal Watershed
A new model suggests reforestation could be detrimental to water resources in the Panama Canal. Smithsonian scientists warn of flawed methodology and emphasize case for long-term monitoring.
Hacking the wood wide web
A disrupted mutualism sheds light on the dark web underneath the forest floor.
Rainforest rodents risk their lives to eat
Late to bed or early to rise, a forest rodent’s increases its chances of demise.
Tropical rainforests in danger of losing tree diversity
Short-lived tropical forests only sustain about half of the tree biodiversity of mature forests, according to a new study in the Panama Canal Watershed.
An invitation from Mireya Correa
The director of Panama’s herbaria invite visiting researchers to use these valuable resources of Panama’s astounding plant biodiversity.
Bryophyte diversity in El Copé
A Smithsonian research heads into the remote mountains of a Panamanian national park to catalogue the tiniest of plant species.
Sea of fossils
A Smithsonian emeritus scientist takes a field trip to some of Panama’s most important known marine fossil deposits for a quick lesson the age of the Ithsmus of Panama.
Calibrating evolution
Veteran Smithsonian evolutionary biologist Haris Lessios has made major contributions to the understanding of how new marine species arose following separation by the Isthmus of Panama.
Mary Jane West-Eberhard retires
After a half century of pioneering research on evolutionary developmental biology and induction into the National Academy of Sciences, a long-time Smithsonian scientist retires.
Does beauty beget weakness?
Male fiddler crabs’ large claws may look unwieldly, but a new study demonstrates that these large weapons are not only for show.
