Lex talionis
Punishment enforces cooperation in the fig-wasp mutualism: The exception proves the rule
August 02, 2021
Mutually beneficial relationships are common, but what happens when one partner stops enforcing the other’s good behavior?
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Learning to fly
Mother bats may nudge pups to grow up
October 26, 2018
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
Real vampires!
The Vampire Bat
October 21, 2022
Celebrating International Bat Week, come learn about real vampires!
Animals reforest
Animals are key to restoring the world’s forests
December 02, 2022
Animals will help restore tropical forests if people locate reforestation projects near existing forest reserves and control hunting.
TRóPICOS
Color and Vision
October 10, 2019
Art and science on the same wavelength
Confined
Isolation led white-faced capuchin monkeys into the Stone Age
July 21, 2020
After 14 thousand years of living in confinement and without the threat of predators, the white-faced capuchin monkeys on the Coiba National Park islands have begun to exhibit behaviors that have not been recorded in the mainland populations. For example, they are highly terrestrial and have learned to use stones as tools. Listen to doctoral student in animal behavior and former STRI fellow, Claudio Monteza, tell us this story.
Together for the Ocean
Sustainability and resilience in the Eastern Tropical Pacific: What will it take?
March 09, 2023
At the 2023 Our Ocean Conference in Panama (Mar. 2-3), STRI and partners welcomed John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and representatives of civil society, philanthropy and science sectors to celebrate a regional initiative to protect the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
Our Ocean Our Connection
Commitments, partnerships, and hope: The Smithsonian at the Our Ocean Conference in Panama
March 20, 2023
The 8th Our Ocean Conference concluded with 341 commitments worth nearly $20 billion, including the expansion of Banco Volcán Managed Resources Area in the Panamanian Caribbean that led Panama to protect over 54% of its oceans.
Happy Birthday BCI
100 Years of Tropical Biology at the Smithsonian’s Barro Colorado Island Research Station in Panama
April 17, 2023
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute will celebrate 100 years of tropical forest research at Barro Colorado Island Field Station in Panama with exhibits and events.
Welcome Ana!
Ana K. Spalding Named Founding Director of the Adrienne Arsht Community-Based Resilience Solutions Initiative
March 14, 2023
As the first marine- and coastal- policy expert to join STRI’s marine staff scientists, Panamanian Ana K. Spalding will work with coastal communities to understand what knowledge is needed to foster wellbeing for both oceans and people.
