Fiddling With Climate Change
How could climate changeaffect fiddler crab reproduction?
May 30, 2014
A new study raises questions about how a common beach creature will sustain its populations if temperature swings become greater in the future.
A new study raises questions about how a common beach creature will sustain its populations if temperature swings become greater in the future.
Aboard a research vessel in the Gulf of Panama, a Smithsonian research fellow explores the hidden biodiversity of the tropical ocean.
A visiting researcher uses a movie set studio to record how the larvae of sea urchins, starfish, shellfish and corals respond to conditions in a changing ocean.
A Smithsonian research heads into the remote mountains of a Panamanian national park to catalogue the tiniest of plant species.
The director of Panama’s herbaria invite visiting researchers to use these valuable resources of Panama’s astounding plant biodiversity.
Short-lived tropical forests only sustain about half of the tree biodiversity of mature forests, according to a new study in the Panama Canal Watershed.
A five-million-year-old urchin ancestor gave rise to two common lineages of sea urchins found today on either side of the Isthmus of Panama, according to new research by a Smithsonian scientist.
An activity book for kids looks at the world of the smallest plants.
A Chilean sea snail appears to have tried two forms of development and decided to turn back before it was too late.
A five-year, $2-million grant will help test the hypothesis that rare trees are more susceptible to pathogens than common trees on Barro Colorado Island.