Bat Island
BAT ISLAND: A Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats
December 14, 2023
Meet the 76 species of bats that occupy this small island!
Meet the 76 species of bats that occupy this small island!
A volcanic eruption 22 million years ago triggered a sediment flow that preserved a mangrove forest around what is now Barro Colorado Island, providing a better glimpse of the vegetation that existed in a highly changing area.
The seminar series via Zoom titled How did I get here? Scientific Stories is carried out thanks to the support of the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB). For the 6th seminar on January 2021, Smithsonian invited Ricardo Moreno, Director of the Yaguará Panama Foundation, STRI Associate Researcher and National Geographic Emerging Explorer with the talk entitled, Advances in scientific research and jaguar conservation in Panama.
Does a good leader have a better mental map of food in the forest? or is she simply driven by hunger?
Why did some bee species become social, while the majority have remained solitary? On Barro Colorado Island, a bee that adopts both strategies interchangeably, may unlock the evolutionary origins of sociality in insects
Self-professed spider-fan and arachnid systematist Stephany Arizala would like more people to study this megadiverse group, so that we can do a better job of protecting them.
A literature review revealed that odor-producing glands and tissues in bats may play a prominent role in mating behavior
Fever may be less effective at repelling infections in cold-blooded creatures
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...
Join us to celebrate a few of the discoveries made in 2018.