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Fish ID Guide App. Free on I-Tunes

Posted in Ecotourism, Educational tours, environmental tours, Panama, Panama beach tours, Panama tour operator, panama whales, Scientific tours, STRI, Sustainable Tourism, Tours and Adventures, Whale watching Panama, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

STRI staff scientist, D. Ross Robertson has released the first, completely portable, bilingual species identification guide for the Tropical Eastern Pacific as a free Iphone application. Unique fish-finding and list-making tools provide powerful resources for scientists, divers and tour guides. The Tropical Eastern Pacific, spanning Baja California to Ecuador and the Galapagos, is one of [...]

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A Whole New Meaning for Thinking on Your Feet

Posted in Educational tours, environmental tours, Geotourism, Panama, Scientific tours, STRI, Tours and Adventures, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Smithsonian researchers report that the brains of tiny spiders are so large that they fill their body cavities and overflow into their legs. As part of ongoing research to understand how miniaturization affects brain size and behavior, researchers measured the central nervous systems of nine species of spiders, from rainforest giants to spiders smaller than [...]

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25 years after extreme drought on BCI

Posted in Adventures, Barro Colorado Island, birdwatching, Christmas Vacations, culture travel, Ecotourism, environmental tours, Geotourism, hiking, outdoor shops, Panama beach tours, panama canal tours, panama news, Panama tour operator, STRI, Sustainable Tourism, Tours and Adventures, Travel, tagged , , , , , , on July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

from STRI A new article by Kenneth Feeley from Florida International University, with STRI’s Stuart J. Davies, Rolando Perez and Stephen P. Hubbell and former staff scientist Robin B. Foster (now at the Field Museum, Chicago), was recently published as the cover article of the journal Ecology (April). The article, entitled “Directional changes in the [...]

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A Tree Hugger, With a Twist

Posted in Barro Colorado Island, birdwatching, Ecotourism, Educational tours, environmental tours, Geotourism, hiking, Panama, panama canal tours, Panama tour operator, STRI, Sustainable Tourism, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/science/24vine.html?_r=1

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How the Isthmus of Panama changed the world

Posted in Barro Colorado Island, birdwatching, culture travel, Ecotourism, Educational tours, environmental tours, Ethnic tourism, Geotourism, Panama, panama news, Panama tour operator, STRI, Sustainable Tourism, Tours and Adventures, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »

From STRI – Smithsonian Tropical Reserach Institute web. The earth is not a solid or static mass. It is composed of segments — tectonic plates— that cover a shifting mantle. These plates have different movements. They crash into each other and separate, they slide and sink and emerge, forming mountain ranges such as the Andes [...]

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Smithsonian Barro Colorado reforestation: great success!

Posted in Adventures, birdwatching, Christmas Vacations, culture travel, Ecotourism, Educational tours, environmental tours, Geotourism, hiking, Panama, panama canal tours, panama news, Panama tour operator, STRI, Sustainable Tourism, Tours and Adventures, Travel, Uncategorized, Vacations, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

As part of the HSBC Climate Partnership, the Smithsonian and HSBC Panama have teamed together for a second reforestation in one year. On Saturday August 14, Kelly Walsh, from STRI´s Public Information Office and Climate Champions Adelvis Ortiz and Roberto Delgado, led a lively team of 30 HSBC volunteers to a plot in Parque Soberanía, [...]

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