News articles tagged with 'Panama' (Page 2)
Panama butterfly migrations linked to El Nino, climate change
— 6 Oct 2009 20:32 | BiologyA high-speed chase across the Panama Canal in a Boston Whaler may sound like the beginning of another James Bond film - but the protagonist of this story brandishes a butterfly net…
Fossil teeth of browsing horse found in Panama Canal earthworks
— 10 Jun 2009 09:57 | Geology and palaeontologyRushing to salvage fossils from the Panama Canal earthworks, Aldo Rincon, palaeontology intern at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, unearthed a set of fossil teeth. Bruce…
Ecologist looks at coexistence of trees and lianas
— 7 Aug 2008 13:54 | BiologyAmong the hundreds of species of woody vines that University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ecologist Stefan Schnitzer has encountered in the tropical forests of Panama, the largest has a…
Isthmus of Panama formed as result of plate tectonics
— 30 Jul 2008 14:45 | Geology and palaeontologyContrary to previous evidence, a new University of Florida study shows the Isthmus of Panama was most likely formed by a Central American Peninsula colliding slowly with the South American…
A comprehensive survey of coral biodiversity in Panama's Las Perlas Archipelago
— 7 Jul 2008 15:54 | BiologyA comprehensive survey of coral biodiversity in Panama's Las Perlas Archipelago, published in the journal Environmental Conservation by researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research…
Smithsonian identifies invasive crab species in Panama Canal expansion area
— 20 Sep 2007 15:23 | BiologyA Smithsonian scientist and colleague report that a potentially harmful, invasive crab species that has spread to several countries is now established and reproducing in Panama. The…
Five new species of sea slugs discovered in the Tropical Eastern Pacific
— 31 May 2007 17:45 | BiologyThe Tropical Eastern Pacific, a discrete biogeographic region that has an extremely high rate of endemism among its marine organisms, continues to yield a wealth of never-before-described…
Caribbean extinctions occurred 2M years after apparent cause
— 12 Mar 2007 23:17 | Geology and palaeontologySmithsonian scientists and colleagues report a new study that may shake up the way palaeontologists think about how environmental change shapes life on Earth. The researchers summarised…