What is this fish?
May 14, 2012About ten years ago, aquarium fish dealers in Bangkok noticed a fish in the genus Scleropages with a distinctive pattern of maze-like markings...
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ELTI hits 50-conference milestone in Panama
May 14, 2012The Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative, a joint effort by STRI and Yale’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, held its 50th event at Panama’s City of Knowledge...
Panama Fossil Finds at the USA Science Festival
May 14, 2012Distance was no barrier to interns and scientists working in Panama who joined the 2nd USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington DC on Apr. 27-29...
Do picky eaters shape plant communities?
May 14, 2012Sofia Gripenberg, a postdoctoral researcher from Finland’s University of Turku who is studying the importance of insect seed predation in tropical forests, checks containers with seeds at a greenhouse on Barro Colorado Island...
Is mobbing predators a risky business?
May 08, 2012STRI interns Anyuri Gonzalez and Lucia Torrez were observing capuchin monkeys on Barro Colorado Island when loud alarm calls erupted around them...
Congratulations Jeremy!
May 08, 2012Jeremy Jackson will accept the International Society for Reef Studies’ Darwin Medal at the International Coral Reef Symposium in Cairns, Australia in July...
New U.S. forest monitoring site added to global network
May 08, 2012The Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatory network added a new site: the Indiana University forest reserve...
Are vines threatening intact tropical forests?
May 08, 2012Lianas, woody vines that climb into the canopy, seem to be proliferating in many of the world’s tropical forests...
Is there hope for dying corals?
May 01, 2012The precipitous decline of Earth’s coral reefs due to warming seas, pollution, and overfishing has many experts forecasting their complete demise within a century...
Doctorate, Honoris Causa to Mireya Correa
May 01, 2012Mireya D. Correa A. received a Doctorate, Honoris Causa, from the University of Panama at a ceremony on Wed., 25 Apr., attended by distinguished members of the academic community...