Hungry bats: Listen up
Spix’s disc-winged bats shrieked when they were first shown mealworms, a new food for them. Were they alarmed, or were they communicating their excitement to their fellow bats?
By: Beth King
Animal Behavior Zoology Natural History Biodiversity Origins of Species and Societies Gamboa
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Rachel PageFood calls
A composting fly could significantly
reduce organic waste in Panama
An innovative and low-cost project to bio-convert food scraps into fertilizer, animal feed and extractable oil using the Black Soldier Fly.
By: Rosannette Quesada H.
Animal Behavior Entomology Natural History Biodiversity Zoology Ecology Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Earl S. Tupper
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Yves BassetThe
composter fly
In STRI’s carbon offset
program, everyone wins
STRI took a gamble on a carbon offset program in partnership with an indigenous community in eastern Panama. Ten years later, it has successfully met offset goals, empowered women, built environmental stewardship capacity, created a long-term research platform and offered hope for a community’s threatened forest-based traditions.
Ipetí Emberá, Panama
Photos by: Sean Mattson
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carbon footprint
Milton Garcia’s
Bird’s-Eye-View
When he’s not racing his bike cross-country, Milton Garcia is in demand for his expertise flying drones. In the last month, he monitored mangrove deforestation on Panama’s Pacific coast, mapped a new research station in Coiba National Park and tracked blooming trees on Barro Colorado Island, the first plot in an international network of forest monitoring sites.
Coibita, Barro Colorado
Physical Monitoring Canopy Biology Biodiversity Ecosystem Ecology Exploration Forest Ecology Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Coibita Island Barro Colorado
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William Wcislo S. Joseph Wright Helene Muller-Landau Klaus WinterDrone
Pilot
Generous donation allows STRI to
establish a living laboratory
in the Tropical Eastern Pacific
Coibita Island, part of a World Heritage Site in Panama’s Pacific, is poised to become a leading research site for tropical marine biology.
Coibita Island
William Wcislo
Senior Scientist & Deputy Director for Research
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Hector M. Guzman Owen McMillan David Roubik Harilaos Lessios Aaron O'Dea William WcisloSTRI’s newest
official facility
Coastal study from Panama
to Alaska discovers where
marine invaders fare better
Initial results from a massive study comparing marine organisms sampled along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Panama with samples from the Atlantic show that the success of invaders is lopsided.
Naos Island Marine Laboratories, Panama City
Invasion Biology Geography and Biogeography Marine Biology Global Change Biodiversity Fisheries and Marine Conservation Connections in nature: Plants, Animals, Microbes and Environments Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Naos
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Mark TorchinInvading the
hemisphere
An Indo-Pacific damselfish takes
hold on the other side of the globe
Smithsonian marine biologist Ross Robertson suspects that the regal demoiselle hitched a ride to the Gulf of Mexico on an oil rig. Its outstanding success in its new habitat raises questions about its impact in the Gulf.
Naos Island Laboratories, Panama
Marine Biology Invasion Biology Molecular Genetics and Genomics Fisheries and Marine Conservation Evolutionary Biology Exploration Connections in nature: Plants, Animals, Microbes and Environments Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Naos
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D. Ross RobertsonA damselfish
moves to
Mexico
