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Rare Shark Spotted for the First Time in Panama’s Eastern Pacific

The elusive prickly shark was observed during a submarine expedition to the depths of the Cordillera de Coiba seamounts, a biodiversity hotspot and marine protected area

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Why Are There Suddenly So Many Bleached Corals Along the Caribbean Coast of Panama?

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A Turtle Time Capsule: DNA Found in Ancient Shell

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First global assessment of the sustainability of coral reef fisheries

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Marine Fossils Unearth Story About Panama’s Deep Past

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The Key to Ocean Conservation May Lie with the Tropical Majority

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Bigger Is Better: Panama Expands MPA to Protect More Than 54 Percent of Its Oceans

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Have Antillean Manatees Crossed the Panama Canal into the Pacific?

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A Yellow Submarine Explores the Depths of the Panamanian Pacific

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'Python of the Sea' Study Highlights How Marine Biodiversity Can Be Dramatically Underestimated

El Coral beach fish trap in Saboga Island, Panama

See a New Interactive Map of Indigenous Fishing Practices Around the Pacific Rim

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

From the surface, the havoc caused on a coral reef by a layer of low-oxygen water was barely evident.

Watch What Happens When A Coral Reef Can't Get Enough Oxygen

Heather Stewart, former PhD fellow at STRI, is very involved in local and global initiatives related to the conservation of coastal ecosystems in the Caribbean, such as mangrove forests.

Caribbean Mangrove Forests May Serve as Coral Shelters

From Refuge Cove in Alaska to San Francisco Bay to Baja California and at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, a team from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Temple University deployed panels to find out what limits marine invertebrate invasions. Here, Laura Jurgens and Carmen Schloeder, celebrate a successful deployment in Mexico (Laura Jurgens)

Invasion Dynamics

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

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

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