Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

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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

Colorless corals

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

Joshua Tewksbury

Why the World Needs a Standard Measure for Counting Carbon

Dr. Ruth Bennett holding Summer Tanager

Drink Coffee, Eat Chocolate, Save Birds!

boat in Panama's Montijo Bay

First global assessment of the sustainability of coral reef fisheries

Tree Frog

Barro Colorado Island, One Hundred Years of Science and Discoveries

Four key actions

The Key to Ocean Conservation May Lie with the Tropical Majority

Map of Panama MPAs

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?

Bat lands on a speaker to collect a baitfish reward

Does This Ring a Bell? Wild Bats Can Remember Sounds for Years

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A Yellow Submarine Explores the Depths of the Panamanian Pacific

Ricardo Moreno on the field

Can Humans and Jaguars Coexist? A Wildlife Biologist Uses Technology and Education to Reduce Conflict

Escudo de Veraguas Island

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

Acanthoctenus manauara female.

A Young Biologist Shares Her Love for Eight-Legged Creatures

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Smelly Ocelot Habitats May Scare Off Agoutis

Many terrestrial birds disappeared in Barro Colorado Island, in the Panama Canal, despite their abundance in adjacent mainland forests, because they could not cross Gatun Lake to maintain populations on the island. (Ghislain Rompre)

Biodiversity Loss Despite a Century of Protection

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

The cloud forests in the Fortuna Hydrological Reserve are home to almost as many species as the entire United States.

Exploring the cloudiest forest in Central America

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

Happy Earth Day 2021! Hillary Hughes, Panamanian actress, visits the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Agua Salud Project during the filming of videos in Spanish and English to share hope for the success of tropical forest reforestation informed by the largest experiment of its kind in the tropics. (video still)

Watch These Two Videos and You Will Feel More Hopeful About the Future of Tropical Forests

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Red Flags: I'm Not the Bug for You

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

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