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Barro Colorado
Nature Monument
The most intensively studied
tropical forest in the world
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Facility
Gamboa
Laboratories
A tropical research community
on the edge of the Panama Canal
Scientist
Rachel Page
In our lab, we investigate sensory and cognitive mechanisms underlying animal behavior. Animals use a wide array of cues and signals to glean information about their environment. An animal’s sensory and perceptual systems filter incoming stimuli and define an animal’s Umwelt, or the...
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.
Scientist
David Roubik
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...
Facility
Punta Culebra
Nature Center
A rocky intertidal zone and sandy beach
at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.
Hungry rodents make good meals
Rainforest rodents risk their lives to eat
January 10, 2014
Late to bed or early to rise, a forest rodent’s increases its chances of demise.
Unlucky túngaras
Risky ripples: frog’s love song may summon kiss of death
January 24, 2014
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.
Reefs’ Little Helpers
Are tiny grazers thenew hope forCaribbean reefs?
January 05, 2017
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.
Tracking humpback whales
Scientists tag humpbackwhales in Southeast Pacific
April 13, 2017
Satellite tracking technology reveals the massive ranges of breeding areas of humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean.
