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First report of dorsal navigation in a flying insect
June 14, 2021
Sweat bees navigate through dark tropical forests guided by canopy patterns.
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Vine takeover
Dramatic liana increases in old-growth tropical forests is linked to natural disturbance and climate change
September 29, 2021
The accelerated proliferation of these woody vines, due to natural disturbance, is altering forest structure, regeneration and functioning
Sneaky
Are bats spying on their prey in the canopy?
October 22, 2019
Eavesdropping behavior in the canopy may answer questions about how acoustic interplay among animals has developed over millions of years in the forest
Tipping point
Tropical forests may be approaching a critical high-temperature threshold, but there is still time to act
August 23, 2023
A new study in Nature combining satellite thermal- and in situ warming data found that a percentage of tropical leaves are already reaching the temperatures at which they can no longer function.
Forest unearthed
An extinct mangrove forest discovered on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island
January 30, 2024
A volcanic eruption 22 million years ago triggered a sediment flow that preserved a mangrove forest around what is now Barro Colorado Island, providing a better glimpse of the vegetation that existed in a highly changing area.
Lokiceratops rangiformis
New, giant horned dinosaur discovered in the ancient swamps of Montana, United States
June 20, 2024
Joe Sertich, paleontologist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Colorado State University, co-authored a new study naming a new species of dinosaur, which he says "pushes the envelope on bizarre ceratopsian headgear."
Ancient grapes
New species of grapes are the oldest in the Western Hemisphere
July 05, 2024
Ancient, fossilized grape seeds from Panama, Colombia and Peru, provide perspective on the evolution of plants after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Linking the ground, air and space
Why is NASA studying tropical ecosystems?
April 21, 2025
A NASA plane came to Panama to acquire aerial images to inform scientists about the diversity of tropical ecosystems. At the same time, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama collected similar data from the ground. The goal: to create an algorithm to better understand tropical ecosystems using satellite remote sensing in the future.
The forest breathes
Above the tropical forest canopy, sensors capture the fluxes of gases between the trees and the atmosphere
June 13, 2025
The air moving above the forest carries valuable information about how trees absorb carbon, and what may happen in the future as global temperatures rise.
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Studying the forest
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