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Your Photos Can Help Make Scientific Discoveries

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Mutualism Under Pressure: New Research in Panama Shows a Plant's Ability to Keep Its Defender Ants Happy

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Possible Caterpillar-Like Baby Hummingbird Discovered in Panama

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The First Volumes of the BCI 100 Celebration Series Are Now Available Online

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Bat Salad: First Record of Bats Eating Entire Leaves and Not Spitting Them Out

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Listen Up! Hungry Bats Emit Food Calls to Family and Friends

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A Lifelong Passion for Tropical Insects Leads to Generous Support

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'Scientists for Scientists' Wartime Grant Brings Ukrainian Bat Biologists to Panama

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Following the Swarm: Making a Documentary Short Film In Panama’s Tropical Forest

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A 22 Million-Year-Old Mangrove Forest Was Discovered on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island

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

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Drink Coffee, Eat Chocolate, Save Birds!

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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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Gamboa Bat Nights: Bilingual Noches de Murciélagos along the Panama Canal

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Barro Colorado Island, One Hundred Years of Science and Discoveries

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Marine Fossils Unearth Story About Panama’s Deep Past

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Have Antillean Manatees Crossed the Panama Canal into the Pacific?

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

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