Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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Illustration from the graphic novel 'Martina and the Bridge of Time' by Aaron O'Dea and Ian Cooke Tapia. (Ian Cooke Tapia)

A Young Comic Book Heroine Travels Through Panama’s Deep History

March 31st, 2021, 11:30AM

/ BY Vanessa Crooks

The purple-flowered crown of Dipteryx oleifera, one of the biggest trees on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, towers above the forest. Big trees may be most exposed to the effects of climate change: more frequent and severe drought, and the high winds and lightning of monster storms.
(Evan Gora)

How Will the Biggest Tropical Trees Respond to Climate Change?

March 30th, 2021, 9:34AM

/ BY Elisabeth King

Cranium of an individual recovered from beneath the Cathedral of Panama Viejo. (Javier Rivera Sandoval, ArtEmpire)

An 'oral' history: Archaeologists search for the origin of dental modification in Panama

March 26th, 2021, 11:00AM

/ BY Vanessa Crooks

Foster mother, BD, feeds her adopted vampire bat pup in a captive bat colony at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Gamboa, Panama (surveillance camera image from Gerry Carter lab)

Baby Vampire Bat Adopted by Mom's Best Friend

March 9th, 2021, 12:00PM

/ BY Elisabeth King

Bryophytes in the tropics are threatened due to lack of information and research. (Jorge Alemán, STRI)

Tiny Plants in a Big Changing World

March 8th, 2021, 9:00AM

/ BY Vanessa Crooks

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