Generous nature
Weighing costs and benefits of motivating landowners to reforest the Panama Canal Watershed
January 18, 2019
How far should we go when paying for natural services? Economic sciences can help us calculate the exact amount
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Darwin double time
Can Evolution Rescue Lizards From Climate Change?
February 07, 2019
Some organisms adapt more quickly than others and may have a better chance to survive climate change. 2018 Tupper Fellow, Mike Logan, follows lizards as they adapt to islands.
Environmental services
Agua Salud helps inform smart land management decisions through science
February 20, 2019
Through the long-term study of different landscapes in the Panama Canal Watershed, and the environmental services they offer, the Agua Salud project aims to use its data to improve human welfare and ensure a more sustainable future throughout the tropics
Our colorful world
Words, Birds, and Watercolor: an Interview with Charlotte Steeves
February 27, 2019
Charlotte Steeves studies the relationship between land use and seasonal river stream flow at STRI as part of the Agua Salud project. She has been a STRI intern since January 2018. However, her involvement with Panama goes back much further: In some ways it seems like she’s been preparing for this adventure for her whole life.
Coupled selection
How new species arise in the sea
March 15, 2019
Study Sheds New Light on Fundamental
Question in Evolutionary Biology
Integration
Are rivers guilty?
November 15, 2019
A unique project, integrating river and oceanic data, aims to shed light onto the drivers of marine hypoxia
All the fish in the sea?
Smithsonian sleuths distinguish tropical marine habitats in Panama using eDNA
May 25, 2020
One of the big questions about using DNA in seawater to make species lists is whether it comes from a specific site or has floated in from elsewhere. In this study researchers could distinguish different marine habitats using only DNA.
Guano secrets
DNA in fringe-lipped bat poop reveals unexpected eating habits
October 26, 2020
The poop of Trachops cirrhosus revealed surprising results about its foraging abilities and prey preferences.
Picture the Unseen
A community of scientists put microbial ecosystems back together again using anvi’o
January 14, 2021
Post-doc Jarrod Scott is an active contributor to anvi’o, a set of computational tools to visualize microbial communities.
Genetics of shrinking
First DNA extracted from modern, ancient and fossil tropical shells
February 23, 2021
The next time you eat seafood, think about the long-term effects. Will consistently eating the biggest fish or the biggest conch, mean that only the smaller individuals will have a chance to reproduce?
