Biologists say the only way to keep a deadly fungus from wiping out the golden frog, one of Panama's most beloved national symbols, may be to keep them in captivity.
... : 19 hard (scleractinian) corals and 38 soft corals (octocorals). For comparison, the species count for Panama's Pacific biodiversity hotspot in the Gulf of Chiriqui is 74, whereas near Caño Island ...
... insects, and containing a live insect larva," said Diomedes Quintero, professor of biology at the University of Panama. During 8 years of field work he and Roberto Cambra, also of the University of ...
... was a problem with our previous understanding of the stratigraphy, or layering of sediments, in Panama," Kirby said.
The authors used alternative methods such as strontium isotope dating of fossils ...
Panama's president, Martín Torrijos, has signed a law to increase access to information and communication technology (ICT) in the country.
Panama spent US$17 million to fight the 2005 dengue epidemic, an amount five times the budget of the country's main health centre.
The discovery of a variety of Anopheles mosquito - a malaria vector - in Panama has led to calls for intensifying malaria prevention.
A new frog species has been discovered in Panama and will be announced in the December issue of Journal of Herpetology by a research team led by STRI former visiting scientist Joseph Mendelson, from ...
... the distance seeds moved," said S. Joseph Wright, staff scientist at the Smithsonian in Panama. "In the end, we show that the direction of a seed's fall can compensate for large differences in ...
New, movement models for organisms as diverse as gut bacteria, ants, marine larvae and cheetahs include tree seed dispersal model and animal tracking systems tested in Panama.
Barro Colorado Island in Panama, home of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's premier tropical biology field station, has been described as the best-studied piece of tropical real estate in ...
... to Carlos Jaramillo, senior scientist at the institute, who, in collaboration with the University of Florida and the Panama Canal Authority, has organized a team of researchers and students who move ...
... CITY (AP) -- The death toll from contaminated medicine sold three years ago in Panama could be higher than previously believed after 1,155 bottles of tested positive for a chemical commonly found ...
... Mexico to Brazil, as they migrate across central Panama from Atlantic coastal rainforests to the drier forests ... o results in dry, sunny days in Panama, which favor plant growth. When the plants prosper ...
Its skin pale and rubbery and its organs swollen with gas, an "alien" discovered in a Panama creek has now been identified by veterinarians as a common three-toed sloth.
