TEAK VS TERMINALIA
April 30, 2013Deep in the Panama Canal watershed are three stands of trees. One is a teak plantation where STRI scientist Jeff Hall is toiling to produce the best timber possible...
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HOW FAST IS SEA LEVEL RISING IN THE CARIBBEAN?
April 22, 2013Sea level rise threatens coastal towns and cities. Deepening water filters out light needed by coral reefs and sea grasses...
WHAT A BOTANIST IS WORTH
April 22, 2013The seedling census is only one of many research projects the team of Panamanian botanists take part in...
A CURE FOR COCOA?
April 22, 2013Frustrated farmers may need look no further than the cocoa tree itself for a treatment. Luis and colleagues at STRI discovered that some endophytes...
Human shadow cast over Caribbean slows coral growth
April 15, 2013Striking Caribbean sunsets occur when particles in the air scatter incoming sunlight. But a particulate shadow over the sea may also have underwater effects...
Measuring our scientific productivity
April 15, 2013Alvin Hutchinson, the librarian in charge of the Smithsonian Research Online program and the STRI bibliography, recently shared new ways of measuring scientific impact via the internet...
What do fiddler crabs see?
April 15, 2013Martin How lifts a male fiddler crab from a mudflat at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal and points at its periscope eyes...
Anthracothere discovered in Panama
April 08, 2013Imagine a swampy, island-dotted landscape where volcanoes spew lava and ash. That's what Panama looked like 20 million years ago...
THE JOURNEY OF THE DOG:
How did humans' favorite animal companion spread through the Americas?
April 08, 2013
As humans spread through the Americas, they brought their dogs with them. Panama's early peoples esteemed their canines; the elite from some societies were even buried with ornaments bearing dog teeth...
WHAT DOES DANGER LOOK LIKE?
April 08, 2013Judging from the oscillating wail of insect sounds penetrating the dark tropical forest, there are plenty of crickets and katydids out there...