Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute News

THE RAINMAKER VISITS AGUA SALUD

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

In central Panama, rain falls in prodigious volumes on clay soils. When H₂O overload happens, water may form a sheet that races down a slope

WHO OWNS THE CARBON?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Once 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

TINY NEW FISH SPECIES DISCOVERED

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Only 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

HOW DO BATS LIVE ON THE EDGE?

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Edge populations could shed light on how new bat species arise. Genetic samples are required for these analyses but some bats are hard to catch

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

For the sixth year, STRI�s Boca del Toro Research Station celebrated the International Day for Biological Diversity

PANAMA'S SENACYT HONORS THREE STRI SCIENTISTS

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Being 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

DIVERSITY IS IN THE DETAILS

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Thunder rumbles outside, but the STRI Insect Collection in the Tupper Center is brightly lit, bone-dry and buzzing with activity

A GOOD READ: PANAMA FEATURED IN HARVARD'S REVISTA

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

STRI 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

RAINFORESTS CAN TAKE THE HEAT

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

South American rainforests thrived during three extreme global warming events in the past, say paleontologists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

CALIBRATING EVOLUTION

Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Haris uses molecular techniques combined with development and biogeography to understand speciation in sea urchins