Generous nature
Weighing costs and benefits of motivating landowners to reforest the Panama Canal Watershed
January 18, 2019
How far should we go when paying for natural services? Economic sciences can help us calculate the exact amount
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Environmental services
Agua Salud helps inform smart land management decisions through science
February 20, 2019
Through the long-term study of different landscapes in the Panama Canal Watershed, and the environmental services they offer, the Agua Salud project aims to use its data to improve human welfare and ensure a more sustainable future throughout the tropics
Eavesdropping
Underwater Manatee chatter may aid in their conservation
October 04, 2019
Scientists propose a new method, based on underwater recordings, for estimating the population size of the Antillean manatee, an endangered marine mammal
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.
Forest of Giants
What do we know about Darien's forests?
April 15, 2020
A scientific mission in the Panamanian jungle found some of the largest trees in the country
Locked up
Unraveling sustainable forest management while in confinement
May 27, 2020
Edwin H. García started as a Bachelor student in Agua Salud 8 years ago. Now he leads a research project that will allow for estimating the value of native trees for reforestation and restoration
Mision Manati
Science and technology for the conservation of manatees in Bocas del Toro and the Ngäbe-Buglé region
July 09, 2020
Manatees are endangered aquatic mammals. To help protect them, researchers Héctor Guzmán from STRI, Fernando Merchán, Héctor Poveda and Javier Sánchez-Galán from the Technological University of Panama (UTP), and Guillaume Ferré from ENSEIRB-MATMECA, developed a monitoring system based on hydrophones, which detects in real-time the underwater calls these animals make to communicate with each other.
Guano secrets
DNA in fringe-lipped bat poop reveals unexpected eating habits
October 26, 2020
The poop of Trachops cirrhosus revealed surprising results about its foraging abilities and prey preferences.
Micropaleontology
Modern computational tools may open a new era for fossil pollen research
November 12, 2020
By integrating machine-learning technology with high-resolution imaging, scientists are improving the taxonomic resolution of fossil pollen identifications and greatly enhancing the use of pollen data in ecological and evolutionary research.
One-two Punch
Sea urchins are stuck belly up in low-oxygen hot water
December 11, 2020
As oceans warm and become more acidic and oxygen-poor, Smithsonian researchers asked how marine life on a Caribbean coral reef copes with changing conditions.
