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	      Do picky eaters shape plant communities?	   ]]></title>
       
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       Sofia 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       ]]></description>
	   
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	     Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400	    ]]></pubDate>
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	      Panama Fossil Finds at the USA Science Festival	   ]]></title>
       
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       Distance 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       ]]></description>
	   
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	      ELTI hits 50-conference milestone in Panama	   ]]></title>
       
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       The Environmental Leadership &amp; Training Initiative, a joint effort by STRI and Yale’s School of Forestry &amp; Environmental Studies, held its 50th event at Panama’s City of Knowledge       ]]></description>
	   
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	      What is this fish?	   ]]></title>
       
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       About ten years ago, aquarium fish dealers in Bangkok noticed a fish in the genus Scleropages with a distinctive pattern of maze-like markings       ]]></description>
	   
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	      Are vines threatening intact tropical forests?	   ]]></title>
       
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       Lianas, woody vines that climb into the canopy, seem to be proliferating in many of the world’s tropical forests       ]]></description>
	   
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	     Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400	    ]]></pubDate>
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	      New U.S. forest monitoring site added to global network	   ]]></title>
       
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       The Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatory network added a new site: the Indiana University forest reserve       ]]></description>
	   
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	      Congratulations Jeremy!	   ]]></title>
       
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       Jeremy Jackson will accept the International Society for Reef Studies’ Darwin Medal at the International Coral Reef Symposium in Cairns, Australia in July       ]]></description>
	   
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	      Is mobbing predators a risky business?	   ]]></title>
       
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       STRI interns Anyuri Gonzalez and Lucia Torrez were observing capuchin monkeys on Barro Colorado Island when loud alarm calls erupted around them       ]]></description>
	   
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	      Is there an evolutionary point of no return?	   ]]></title>
       
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       Snails develop in two ways. Some species spew tiny eggs into the water that hatch to become swimming larvae       ]]></description>
	   
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	      Science Education and the Sea	   ]]></title>
       
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       Thanks to the generosity of the International Community Foundation, 55 Panamanian teachers dove into the 5th “Dynamic Connections between Nature, Science and Learning” workshop at Galeta Point Laboratory from Apr. 15-27       ]]></description>
	   
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