The Composter Fly
A composting fly could significantly reduce organic waste in Panama
February 06, 2025
An innovative and low-cost project to bio-convert food scraps into fertilizer, animal feed and extractable oil using the Black Soldier Fly.
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Food Calls
Hungry bats: Listen up
February 11, 2025
Spix’s disc-winged bats shrieked when they were first shown mealworms, a new food for them. Were they alarmed, or were they communicating their excitement to their fellow bats?
Caterpillar-like baby hummingbird
Potential caterpillar mimicry in White-necked Jacobin chicks discovered in Panama.
March 18, 2025
A baby hummingbird hatches. But it has fluffy feathers on its back, looking just like a dangerous caterpillar. Could this be something unusual among hummingbirds?
On the move!
Q?Bus begins its journey around Panama
May 08, 2025
The brightly colored, science-packed van is bringing the Smithsonian experience to students around the country. First stop: the province of Herrera in western Panama.
Living Small in a Big City
Túngara frog tadpoles that grew up in the city developed faster but ended up being smaller.
June 30, 2025
Have you ever wondered how city life affects animals like frogs? A new study reveals that urban Túngara frog tadpoles develop faster —but end up being smaller — than tadpoles from forests, probably resulting in smaller adults. This might be an adaptation to warmer urban puddles with fewer predators or to constantly changing environmental conditions in the city.
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Punta Culebra
Nature Center
A rocky intertidal zone and sandy beach
at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.
Hidden Marine Species
Buckets of biodiversity
June 06, 2014
Aboard a research vessel in the Gulf of Panama, a Smithsonian research fellow explores the hidden biodiversity of the tropical ocean.
Profile: Karen Chan
How do larvae swimin a hot-tub world?
July 18, 2014
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 Weapon For All Reasons
Does beauty beget weakness?
March 08, 2013
Male fiddler crabs’ large claws may look unwieldly, but a new study demonstrates that these large weapons are not only for show.
An Evo-Devo Pioneer
Mary JaneWest-Eberhardretires
March 15, 2013
After a half century of pioneering research on evolutionary developmental biology and induction into the National Academy of Sciences, a long-time Smithsonian scientist retires.
