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

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

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

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Monkey-Nappers! A Group of Capuchin Monkeys Caught on Camera With Abducted Baby Howler Monkeys

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Red-Eyed Treefrog Eggs Hatch a Plan to Escape Warming Temperatures

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Smarter Foragers Do Not Forage Smarter

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Indigenous Marine Scientist Studies Fish Feeding Evolution in Panama

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Red Flags: I'm Not the Bug for You

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Extraordinary Fossil Find Reveals Details About the Weight and Diet of Extinct Saber-Toothed Marsupial

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A Turtle Time Capsule: DNA Found in Ancient Shell

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Marine Fossils Unearth Story About Panama’s Deep Past

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An Indigenous Language Book Presents the Unique Biodiversity of a Panamanian Island

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A Young Biologist Shares Her Love for Eight-Legged Creatures

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Accidental Slingshot Wound to a Tree Reveals Unexpected Ant Behavior

Clavelina puertosecensis, a species of tunicate, taken by Shih Wei, a student of the Tunicates course at the Bocas del Toro Research Station, in Panama. Experts teach courses and create instructional videos on how to collect, preserve and observe marine invertebrate groups. (Credit: STRI)

Like A Cooking Show With Worms: Smithsonian Videos Teach Tropical Taxonomy of Diverse Marine Creatures

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

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