Camille Delavaux
My Journey to Barro Colorado Island (Part 3 of 3)
July 27, 2022
STRI from Myth to Reality: Working on Barro Colorado Island as Part of a Community.
STRI from Myth to Reality: Working on Barro Colorado Island as Part of a Community.
Visiting scientist Camille Delavaux and intern, Omayra Meléndez, celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the ForestGEO 50-hectare plot, a unique forest ecology research tool, and the people who make it possible.
A fund set up by STRI staff scientist Annette Aiello intends to provide long-term funding for the preservation and management of the insect collection at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, highlighting the importance of reference collections for the advancement of science.
Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term census of bats designed to complement the bird census which will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year.
A NASA plane came to Panama to acquire aerial images to inform scientists about the diversity of tropical ecosystems. At the same time, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama collected similar data from the ground. The goal: to create an algorithm to better understand tropical ecosystems using satellite remote sensing in the future.
Data collected on juvenile and adult fringe-lipped bats reveal the first clues into the development of eavesdropping behavior in predators
Did you know that there are more than 20,500 species of bees, each with its own natural history?
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.
Butterflies of Pipeline Road is a concise and colorful field guide that brings together 120 of the most commonly observed butterflies from one of the most biodiverse trails in Panama: Pipeline Road.
Observations of Coiba’s tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the reason for this behavior?