How do bats handle unnatural noise?
Frog-hunting bats overcome noisy environments by switching sensory channels
September 15, 2016
A discovery by a Smithsonian intern in Panama is published by the journal Science.
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Palm pollinators
Not such evil Weevils
May 26, 2021
Join Brazilian biologist, Bruno de Medeiros, as he explores mysterious trade-offs between plants and their pollinators and why they are important to the Brazilian economy and ecosystems.
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
Fish Photographers Extraordinaire
Smithsonian presents first Citizen Scientist award to Allison and Carlos Estapé for contributions to marine research
October 26, 2022
Extraordinary underwater naturalists contribute unique fish photos to STRI’s Caribbean and Tropical Eastern Pacific Shorefish Apps
New shark species
Squatina mapama, new species from Panama: first report of an angel shark from the Central American Caribbean
January 19, 2022
Genetic analyses helped identify a new cryptic species of the genus Squatina from the Western Atlantic Ocean.
Serial Killer?
Scientists catch the suspect in long-term marine murder mystery
May 12, 2023
Murder mysteries may take decades to resolve, especially if they take place under the sea. The massive deaths of sea urchins in the Caribbean in the 1980’s is one of them. But only after a new killing spree erupted in 2022, could scientists corner the probable killer.
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D. Ross Robertson
Since I joined STRI’s scientific staff in 1975, I have conducted field research on a broad range of topics relating to the reproductive biology, demography, population biology, behavior, community ecology, evolution and biogeography of tropical reef fishes, with an emphasis on those species that...
Living Color
A new underwater photo studio yields pixel-scale fish color pattern data
August 29, 2023
The first winner of the D. Ross Robertson Postdoctoral Fellowship for Field Studies on Neotropical Reef Fishes, Floriane Coulmance, tests a new, underwater camera system to study the connection between hamlet color patterns and genetics in fish from four countries around the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
Prehistoric predator
Extraordinary fossil find reveals details about the weight and diet of extinct saber-toothed marsupial
October 12, 2023
A 13-million-year-old saber-toothed marsupial skeleton discovered during paleontological explorations in Colombia is the most complete specimen recovered in the region
Gamboa Bat Nights
Bilingual Bat Nights, Noches de Murciélagos, along the Panama Canal
November 14, 2023
The first Sunday of every month, residents and visitors join researchers from the Smithsonian Bat Lab to get a close-up look at Panama’s bats.
