Mud, mud glorious mud!
May 05, 2008Sparkling sandy beaches and crystal clear water with colorful reefs and fishes are what comes to mind when most people think of tropical oceans....
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Global warming: do tropical plants get cooked?
April 28, 2008Ecologists have suggested that small increases in nighttime temperature may lead to reduced growth of tropical trees....
A story in a tree
April 14, 2008Judging from the condition of the stump and log and the size of the Sterculia, 29 years ago versus now, Annette guesses that the two have been there for at least 50 years...
Onboard the R.V. Urracá
Bioactive compounds from the sea
II: Vampires of the ocean
April 07, 2008
All snails are not created equal. Some are born with a heightened hunting instinct and a toxic venom to match...
Onboard the R.V. Urracá
Bioactive compounds from the sea
I: Beauty and Venom
March 31, 2008
In February, 2008, Mandë and Rachel Collin used the R.V. Urraca for an expedition cruise to Las Perlas Archipelago, on the Panamanian Pacific...
Sun screen in plants... and a question to the nutmeg
March 24, 2008Carotenoids are integral components of the photosynthetic apparatus of plants...
Icon species stock by logs in Gabon
STRI's findings attracts international attention
March 10, 2008
The logs are lost during down-river transport to coastal shipping yards, and often end up washed up on beaches, where they create a barrier to nesting turtles...
Climate change impacts —to be expected shortly
March 03, 2008Planet Earth is only a few degrees away from experiencing drastic changes that will affect human lifestyles...
Peppermint shrimp named after Frank W. Hoch (1921-2007)
February 25, 2008A new species of a colorful peppermint shrimp Lysmata hochi was named after Frank Hoch, in appreciation for his support of scientific research at STRI’s Bocas del Toro Research Station...
Science, money and people —together to fight the heat
February 18, 2008Brunei Darussalam, officially the State of Brunei, the remnant of a very powerful sultanate, is located on the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...