TINY NEW FISH SPECIES DISCOVERED
June 17, 2013Only about 2 cm long, a tiny new species of blenniiform fish was discovered in the southern Caribbean by Smithsonian scientists Carole Baldwin and D. Ross Robertson...
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WHO OWNS THE CARBON?
June 17, 2013Once the water rises with the rainy season, the lumber will be ferried out. It might appear like another all-too-common scene of deforestation in Panama’s Darién but Evelio says he’s not worried...
THE RAINMAKER VISITS AGUA SALUD
June 17, 2013In central Panama, rain falls in prodigious volumes on clay soils. When H2O overload happens, water may form a sheet that races down a slope...
PANAMA'S SENACYT HONORS THREE STRI SCIENTISTS
June 10, 2013Being the first to embark on a journey with an unknown destination is a daunting experience for some. Others, however, are driven by their passion, persistence, and commitment to discover what lies beyond...
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
June 10, 2013For the sixth year, STRI’s Boca del Toro Research Station celebrated the International Day for Biological Diversity...
HOW DO BATS LIVE ON THE EDGE?
June 10, 2013Edge populations could shed light on how new bat species arise. Genetic samples are required for these analyses but some bats are hard to catch...
RAINFORESTS CAN TAKE THE HEAT
June 03, 2013South American rainforests thrived during three extreme global warming events in the past, say paleontologists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute...
A GOOD READ: PANAMA FEATURED IN HARVARD'S REVISTA
June 03, 2013STRI Emeritus Director Ira Rubinoff joins a distinguished group of prominent Panamanians and international experts as a contributing author to the spring edition of ReVista, the Harvard Review of Latin America...
DIVERSITY IS IN THE DETAILS
June 03, 2013Thunder rumbles outside, but the STRI Insect Collection in the Tupper Center is brightly lit, bone-dry and buzzing with activity...
DO INVASIVE SPECIES HAVE AN "AWAY-FIELD ADVANTAGE"?
May 27, 2013Ecologists generally believe the world’s worst invasive species have an "away-field advantage," meaning they do better in their new territories than at home...