An ‘oral’ history
Archaeologists search for the origin of dental modification in Panama
March 26, 2021
A new study asks when and how the Ngäbe indigenous group began to practice dental modification
Search
Results
Disciplines
- (-) Remove Anthropology filter Anthropology
- Biodiversity (107) Apply Biodiversity filter
- Marine Biology (95) Apply Marine Biology filter
- Conservation Biology (69) Apply Conservation Biology filter
- Forest Ecology (56) Apply Forest Ecology filter
- Fisheries and Marine Conservation (52) Apply Fisheries and Marine Conservation filter
- Global Change (52) Apply Global Change filter
- Evolutionary Biology (45) Apply Evolutionary Biology filter
- Entomology (44) Apply Entomology filter
- Zoology (42) Apply Zoology filter
- Paleontology and Paleobiology (41) Apply Paleontology and Paleobiology filter
- Archaeology (37) Apply Archaeology filter
- Ecosystem Ecology (36) Apply Ecosystem Ecology filter
- Taxonomy (35) Apply Taxonomy filter
- Disease Ecology (34) Apply Disease Ecology filter
- Ecology (30) Apply Ecology filter
- Botany (27) Apply Botany filter
- Natural History (24) Apply Natural History filter
- Long-term monitoring (23) Apply Long-term monitoring filter
- Ecosystem Services (22) Apply Ecosystem Services filter
- Microbial Ecology (22) Apply Microbial Ecology filter
- Molecular Genetics and Genomics (20) Apply Molecular Genetics and Genomics filter
- Developmental Biology (19) Apply Developmental Biology filter
- Exploration (19) Apply Exploration filter
- Herpetology (18) Apply Herpetology filter
- Plant Physiology (17) Apply Plant Physiology filter
- Evolutionary Ecology (16) Apply Evolutionary Ecology filter
- Geology (15) Apply Geology filter
- Invasion Biology (14) Apply Invasion Biology filter
- Bioinformatics (12) Apply Bioinformatics filter
- Chemical Ecology (11) Apply Chemical Ecology filter
- Physical Monitoring (11) Apply Physical Monitoring filter
- Reforestation and Silviculture (11) Apply Reforestation and Silviculture filter
- Geography and Biogeography (10) Apply Geography and Biogeography filter
- Canopy Biology (8) Apply Canopy Biology filter
- Historical Ecology (8) Apply Historical Ecology filter
- Hydrology (8) Apply Hydrology filter
- Soil Science (8) Apply Soil Science filter
- Sociology (6) Apply Sociology filter
- Marine Policy (3) Apply Marine Policy filter
- Paleontology and Paleobiology (3) Apply Paleontology and Paleobiology filter
- Environmental Anthropology (2) Apply Environmental Anthropology filter
Displaying 60 of 145 results.
Breaches and Spy-hops
Informed tourists make whale watching safer for whales
May 07, 2021
How does whale watching affect whale behavior? Who watches whales in Panama’s Las Perlas Archipelago? Researchers from STRI and ASU hope to recommend innovative data-based conservation strategies.
Dark navigation
First report of dorsal navigation in a flying insect
June 14, 2021
Sweat bees navigate through dark tropical forests guided by canopy patterns.
Inclusive science
Women in science propose changes to discriminatory measures of scientific success
June 21, 2021
The scientists advocate shifting the current value system, which is biased against women and minorities, towards a more diverse and inclusive model of science
Roadkill
Understanding wildlife vulnerability to road networks
August 06, 2021
During three years, local scientist Dumas Gálvez drove along a road parallel to a rainforest looking out for dead vertebrates.
Can’t hear you!
Dolphin-Watching affects whistle frequency modulation in bottlenose dolphins
June 16, 2021
Picture this: What to do at a party when you try to carry on a conversation, but the music is too loud? A Panamanian doctoral student is trying to figure out how dolphins communicate underwater during heavy boat traffic in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago.
Irrational choices
Bats fall for the Decoy Effect
August 10, 2021
How does having a third choice (a decoy) change the way fruit-eating bats choose what to eat?
Baby bats
Similar to human babies, this bat species learns to communicate through babbling and vocal imitation
August 23, 2021
Long-term monitoring of the bat species Saccopteryx bilineata in their natural setting revealed that pups display babbling behavior strikingly similar to that of human infants
Jorge Guerrel
An Amphibian Arc During Pandemic Times
August 26, 2021
For the last several decades, amphibians have experienced population declines and extinctions due to their own pandemic caused by a chytrid fungus. Creating amphibian arks is critical for the survival of the most-affected species. Jorge Guerrel, project manager of the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation project, will give us a closer look at Panama’s pioneering efforts to conserve native frogs.
Weevil warriors
Is it Cheaper to be bigger? Lessons from the extreme weapons of giraffe weevil warriors
August 26, 2021
How can larger animals bear the increased energetic costs of maintaining disproportionately large weapons?
