A NASA plane came to Panama to acquire aerial images to inform scientists about the diversity of tropical ecosystems. At the ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) found that the fringe-lipped bat, known to eavesdrop on frog ...

The fringe-lipped bat, known to eavesdrop on frog and toad mating calls to find its prey, learns to distinguish between ...

In a world that often feels like it has no more mysteries to discover (at least on land), scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) have recently proven otherwise.

Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) found that the fringe-lipped bat, known to eavesdrop on frog and toad mating calls to ...

Brian Gratwicke, NZCBI - National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...

Scientists led by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have discovered dead zones in a place where they least expected them: the Caribbean. More specifically, the tropics. Dead zones are ...

By listening to a frog call, adult bats can tell which prey are palatable and which are poisonous. Young bats must acquire ...

Molecular Evolution Frozen Collections (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) STRI's frozen collection holds more than 50,000 samples of tissues and DNA from fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles, sea ...

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute studies topics such as Anthropology, Genetics, Conservation, Marine Science, Ecology & Paleoecology, and other disciplines of Biology. The Museum ...

Over time, young fringe-lipped bats learn how to distinguish the calls of palatable frogs from those of toxic ones.

David Roubik, Senior Staff Scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, studied the effects of Africanized bees as they made their way from Brazil through Latin America.