Bound by blood
Vampire bat bonding persists from the lab to the wild
October 31, 2019
Bats moved from a captive colony back to a tree stayed with their friends.
Bats moved from a captive colony back to a tree stayed with their friends.
Hubert Szczygieł recently arrived at STRI in Panama and is already becoming one of Gamboa’s most awesome natural historians.
After years of catching jaguars only in camera-trap images, Ricardo Moreno, STRI research associate and National Geographic Emerging Explorer, and a team of 20 biologists and community members were able to catch a jaguar and fit it with a transmitter that will help researchers conserve these majestic cats in the wild.
How do microorganisms influence seed survival in the forest?
To understand the effects of urbanization and forest loss on insects, Dumas Gálvez studies the ability of ants to defend themselves against diseases in the city and in nature
Tens of thousands of tiny bone fragments reveal eating habits, ceremonial practices and the development of animal domestication during more than 2000 years of history.
Find out more about why bats carry viruses and how both bats and humans benefit from bat conservation.
People who’ve attended Bat Night, the STRI bat lab’s open house in Gamboa, Panama, may have had the opportunity to hear bat researcher, Mariana Muñoz-Romo, talk about her favorite animals: the only mammals with wings. Now we all have a chance to hear her talk online.
A trip to Jicarón Island during the Coiba Bioblitz led to a published bird checklist.
STRI will miss Kirk and his family when they move back to the U.S., but look forward to continued collaboration.