Facility
Earl S. Tupper
A global center
for tropical science
A global center
for tropical science
I have worked on the behavior and natural history of diverse organisms, and have generally allowed them to guide me to interesting questions rather than attempting to impose my own pre-planned questions on them. Other than a general emphasis on natural selection, behavior and its functions, and...
A tropical research community
on the edge of the Panama Canal
Studying the forest
from the top down
My colleagues and I bring field-collected leaf beetles (principally Cassidinae sensu lato) into the lab to more carefully observe and photograph feeding behavior and to archive the various immature stages for systematic morphological study. Insects are labeled and stored in ethanol at -20C and...
The Winter lab studies how tropical plants, particularly trees, function and interact with their environment. We explore plant function in the field and under controlled conditions, at the whole organism level and at the level of individual organs, combining physiological, biochemical and...
Lower atmospheric carbon and cooler temperatures may have contributed to the domestication of corn, a new study shows.
Researchers find genetically modified pollen from soybeans in otherwise GMO-free Mexican honey.
The tiny female fig wasp carries a huge burden but cutting corners may not be worth the risk.
Deployed from Greenland to Australia, caterpillar decoys were attacked the closer they were to sea level and the nearer they were to the tropics.