May 08, 2025
The brightly colored, science-packed van is bringing the Smithsonian experience to students around the country. First stop: the province of Herrera in western Panama.
Projects
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Punta Culebra
May 13, 2020
While we stay home waiting for the pandemic to pass, the animals at the Nature Center wait patiently for the day when we can visit them again
March 14, 2018
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.
June 14, 2017
As part of the Smithsonian’s program to save frogs from an extinction-causing disease, the Punta Culebra Nature Center offers an exclusive glimpse at some of the amphibians we and our partner institutions are trying to save.
May 30, 2014
A new study raises questions about how a common beach creature will sustain its populations if temperature swings become greater in the future.
