Half a century
From aquarist to star inventor
February 05, 2020
What started as a student summer job, became Anibal Velarde’s life’s work. Over fifty years later, he is still at the Smithsonian
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Noisy bunch
Researchers count manatees using their chatter to recognize individuals
September 05, 2024
An improved method of identifying manatees by their vocalizations makes it easier to tell them apart, to better estimate their populations and help efforts for their conservation.
Smothering Biodiversity
Hopeful News for Caribbean Reefs? Low Oxygen May Be More Deadly for Staghorn Corals than High Temperatures
October 25, 2024
First experimental comparison of the effects of temperature and oxygen deprivation on three key Caribbean coral species shows that nightly low oxygen tips the balance of species survival away from tall, elegant, reef-building corals, towards lower, weedy corals, simplifying coral communities.
Leatherback migrations
Leatherback sea turtle behavior: stay near home or set off across the ocean?
October 30, 2024
A new study finds that leatherback sea turtles tend to migrate rather than forage when chlorophyll, primary productivity, and sea surface temperature levels are lower.
Scientist
Sean Connolly
Research in my lab combines empirical work with mathematical and statistical modelling to study patterns, dynamics, causes and consequences of biodiversity at scales ranging from local coexistence of species with similar resource requirements, to species interactions and coexistence at the...
Magnificent ocean giants
Tracking blue whales through oceanic corridors.
March 27, 2025
Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, travel hidden ocean highways.
Coral Art
Drawing out the secrets of coral reef resilience to high ocean temperatures
June 05, 2025
Researchers compared DNA from corals and their symbiotic organisms from two sites along the Pacific coast of Panama to better understand how the different members of the coral holobiont influence their ability to tolerate temperature extremes.
Prehistoric Reefs
Human fishing reshaped Caribbean reef food webs, 7000-year old exposed fossilized reefs reveal
June 30, 2025
A groundbreaking study of 7000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: as sharks declined by 75% and fish preferred by humans became smaller, prey fish species flourished —doubling in numbers and growing larger. This unprecedented look into prehistoric reef communities shows how the loss of top predators cascaded through the entire food web, shifting the balance amongst coral reefs.
Where are the sharks?
Searching Caribbean reefs for sharks’ microscopic calling cards
August 11, 2014
Estimating shark populations on degraded Caribbean reefs is complicated, especially when there few around. A pioneering member of the O’Dea lab has developed a technique to estimate shark populations — both past and present — using their microscopic skin scales
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Bocas del Toro
Research Station
From deep time to real time
in western Caribbean ecosystems
