An Orchid Beetle Discovered
New beetles highlightorchid connection
June 13, 2014
In a remote Bolivian forest, a Smithsonian researcher discovers the first beetle species that live on orchids.
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An Evo-Devo Pioneer
Mary JaneWest-Eberhardretires
March 15, 2013
After a half century of pioneering research on evolutionary developmental biology and induction into the National Academy of Sciences, a long-time Smithsonian scientist retires.
Profile: Anthony Coates
Sea of fossils
August 09, 2013
A Smithsonian emeritus scientist takes a field trip to some of Panama’s most important known marine fossil deposits for a quick lesson the age of the Ithsmus of Panama.
Profile: Donald Winsdor
What is merdigery?
September 28, 2012
Some beetles have a rather inventive, if unsavory, way of fending off predators.
Scientist
Yves Basset
My colleagues and I are interested to understand the main factors that affect the maintenance of local arthropod biodiversity in tropical rainforests. Our research program has several components. We have studied insect-plant interactions, the host-specificity of...
Paradox explained
Fast growth despite phosphorus limitation
March 07, 2018
Individual tree species, not forest communities, respond to changes in phosphorus levels.
The Arbovirus Carriers
Tracking Aedes Mosquito Invasions in Panama
April 09, 2018
Mosquitoes in the genus Aedes, which can carry dangerous viruses causing yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika, invaded the crossroads of the Americas multiple times, by land and by sea.
Q?Bus
The Smithsonian takes to the streets in Panama
June 13, 2018
Designed to share a hands-on-science experience, the new, brightly-painted van will make it possible for kids and adults to participate in the excitement of the discovery process in cities and towns across Panama.
Mosquitoes and Mamallenas
Sweet desserts drive the search for disease-carrying mosquitoes
July 02, 2018
As researchers ask which disease-carrying mosquito species will rule Panama’s Azuero Penninsula (and perhaps the world), they discover culinary delights along the way.
