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Elusive jaguar photographed for first time on Barro Colorado Island
May 06, 2009The jaguar, a solitary carnivore, is the largest cat in the Americas. Adult males can weigh more than 300 pounds...
STRI joins Earth Day and week celebrations
April 20, 2009STRI's Galeta Marine Laboratory will join the international Earth Day and week celebrations with a talk on climate change at 9am, Colegio Abel Bravo, Colón, on Wednesday, April 22 by Alfredo Lanuza...
No males, no sex, more crops!
April 20, 2009"Ants inhabit 'world without sex'" reports Victoria Gill, science reporter of the BBC News on April 15. "These ants do not need males."...
"Bee cleaning"
April 20, 2009Mites are normally thought of as dirty parasites, but some of them actually work as cleaners for a living...
A preference for a sexual signal keeps females safe
April 13, 2009"A preference for a sexual signal keeps females safe" by Tae Won Kim, STRI's John H. Christy and Jae C. Choe, a top pick in Evolutionary Biology. It was one of five he picked out of the 82 he has processed....
TEP's shore fishes and its biogeographic subdivisions
April 13, 2009The Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) is an isolated marine biogeographic region with a high level of endemism among coastal fish species...
Fernandez-Marin receives Tupper Fellowship
April 09, 2009Hermógenes Fernández-Marín received the Earl S. Tupper Three Year Postdoctoral Fellowship for young, promising scientists, the most prestigious research award offered by STRI...
Celebration of Rubinoff's leadership and vision
April 06, 2009STRI donors, international and local friends, the scientific staff and members of the administration attended a celebration in honor of STRI director emeritus Ira Rubinoff...