Profile: Donald Winsdor
What is merdigery?
September 28, 2012
Some beetles have a rather inventive, if unsavory, way of fending off predators.
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Profile: Kristin Saltonstall
Fire fuels invasive grass
October 19, 2012
Panama’s infamous canal grass rises from the ashes of fire much faster than trees, complicating reforestation efforts.
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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...
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.
A damselfish moves to Mexico
An Indo-Pacific damselfish takes hold on the other side of the globe
May 23, 2018
Smithsonian marine biologist Ross Robertson suspects that the regal demoiselle hitched a ride to the Gulf of Mexico on an oil rig. Its outstanding success in its new habitat raises questions about its impact in the Gulf.
Invading the hemisphere
Coastal study from Panama to Alaska discovers where marine invaders fare better
May 30, 2018
Initial results from a massive study comparing marine organisms sampled along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Panama with samples from the Atlantic show that the success of invaders is lopsided.
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.
