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![Elusive jaguar photographed for first time on Barro Colorado Island](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508121829im_/http://www.stri.org/images/news_photos/small/06_05_2009_Jaguar_spd_SM.jpg)
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](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508121829im_/http://www.stri.org/images/news_photos/small/13_04_2009_From_Director_Office_SM.jpg)
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!](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508121829im_/http://www.stri.org/images/news_photos/small/20_04_2009_NoMales_NoSex_SM.jpg)
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"](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508121829im_/http://www.stri.org/images/news_photos/small/20_04_2009_Bee_Cleaning_SM.jpg)
"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](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508121829im_/http://www.stri.org/images/news_photos/small/13_04_2009_Pref_sexual_Signal_SM.jpg)
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](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508121829im_/http://www.stri.org/images/news_photos/small/13_04_2009_shore_fishes_SM.jpg)
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](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508121829im_/http://www.stri.org/images/news_photos/small/09_04_2009_FMarin_TupperFRec_SM.jpg)
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](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508121829im_/http://www.stri.org/images/news_photos/small/06_04_2009_Rubinoff_leadership01_sm.jpg)
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...