How do bats handle unnatural noise?
Frog-hunting bats overcome noisy environments by switching sensory channels
September 15, 2016
A discovery by a Smithsonian intern in Panama is published by the journal Science.
A discovery by a Smithsonian intern in Panama is published by the journal Science.
I’ve gotten used to performing long-term studies, and shorter-term field experiments, but most of all try to mix and match what is both interesting and useful. Many studies have come to fruition, and those I continue to expand consider 1) ecology and taxonomy of stingless bees and orchid bees, 2...
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.
As bacterial infections become more resistant to antibiotics, the toxins on the skin of frogs presents huge opportunity for new drug discovery.
A coral die-off in Panama was likely due to oxygen depletion instead of the usual culprits of warming, pollution, overfishing and acidification.
Satellite tracking technology reveals the massive ranges of breeding areas of humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean.
A new study points directly links healthy coral reefs to healthy populations of these brightly colored fishes.