Roadkill
Understanding wildlife vulnerability to road networks
August 06, 2021
During three years, local scientist Dumas Gálvez drove along a road parallel to a rainforest looking out for dead vertebrates.
During three years, local scientist Dumas Gálvez drove along a road parallel to a rainforest looking out for dead vertebrates.
How does having a third choice (a decoy) change the way fruit-eating bats choose what to eat?
The Barro Colorado bird community has lost about a quarter of its species over time
For the last several decades, amphibians have experienced population declines and extinctions due to their own pandemic caused by a chytrid fungus. Creating amphibian arks is critical for the survival of the most-affected species. Jorge Guerrel, project manager of the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation project, will give us a closer look at Panama’s pioneering efforts to conserve native frogs.
How can larger animals bear the increased energetic costs of maintaining disproportionately large weapons?
Colorful female Jacobins in the wild may feed more frequently and for longer periods than their drab counterparts
A mobile hearing test determined that the hearing sensitivity of Neotropical bats is associated with the sounds generated by their prey, demonstrating how hearing ability may relate directly to niche differentiation.
The guide aims to be a clarifying, science-based framework guiding the global community in the establishment of Marine Protected Areas
Self-professed spider-fan and arachnid systematist Stephany Arizala would like more people to study this megadiverse group, so that we can do a better job of protecting them.
After being taught annually for three decades, the Smithsonian Introductory Field Life Sciences Course was suspended due to the pandemic, but it made a digital comeback in 2021.