A rocky intertidal zone and sandy beach
at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.
Late to bed or early to rise, a forest rodent’s increases its chances of demise.
Things just got worse for male túngara frogs who beckon frog-eating bats with their mating calls. Now it appears that the ripples they make also attract hungry bats.
Large numbers of small algae-grazing sea urchins and fish may take the place of larger grazers to prevent algae from overgrowing reefs, a new study shows.
Satellite tracking technology reveals the massive ranges of breeding areas of humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean.
Male fiddler crabs’ large claws may look unwieldly, but a new study demonstrates that these large weapons are not only for show.
A Smithsonian emeritus scientist takes a field trip to some of Panama’s most important known marine fossil deposits for a quick lesson the age of the Ithsmus of Panama.
Some beetles have a rather inventive, if unsavory, way of fending off predators.
Individual tree species, not forest communities, respond to changes in phosphorus levels.
It is much faster to learn to recognize a new prey item from a neighboring species, than to learn by trial and error.
