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Climate Change Temperatures Can Modify Tiny Structures Such as the Scales of the Dazzling Morpho Butterflies

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Two Oceans, One Country and 20 Times the Sharks

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Smithsonian And NASA Collaborate To Understand Tropical Forests On Different Continents

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Your Photos Can Help Make Scientific Discoveries

Ancient epidemics

Archaeologists Analyze How Diseases Impacted Indigenous Populations in the Americas During Colonial Times

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Does Helping Your Mom Pay Off? Queen Bee Pheromones Help Daughters Decide Whether to Stay or Leave the Nest

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A Mountain Expedition in Panama to Test New Insect Monitoring Technology

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Fungi Expert Is on a Mission to Protect Global Natural Underground Networks

Glitter and Globug

How Camera Traps at the Smithsonian’s Research Institute in Panama Inspired a New Generation of Tropical Scientists

Making Bird Friendly cocoa

Cerro La Vieja: Cocoa that Protects Nature, Chocolate that Feeds the Soul

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Connected Forests Favor More Diverse, Disease-Preventing Microbes

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A New, Endemic Tree Species Discovered in an Indigenous Area is Already Threatened

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Smithsonian’s Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project Releases Panama’s Critically Endangered Golden Frogs Into the Wild

Ants in the spotlight

Ants in the Spotlight: The Hidden Gaps in Neotropical Ant Behavior Research

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Digging Deeper Into Aguada Fénix, the Oldest and Largest Maya Monument in Mexico

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A New Species of Fossil Fish From Panama Named After STRI Ngäbe Researcher

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Leafcutter Ants Have Blind Spots, Just Like Truck Drivers

Bird Friendly

Smithsonian Bird Friendly Celebrates 25 Years, Setting the Gold Standard for Sustainable Coffee and Cocoa Production

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A Comparison of Colorful Hamlets From the Caribbean Challenges Ideas About How Species Arise

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Nature’s Copycats: What Cryptic Insects Reveal About Tropical Biodiversity Blind Spots

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