Rainforest in the Panama Canal Zone. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. As demonstrated by growing enthusiasm for conserving forests and the rise of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation ...
Time stands still in this village. Or does it? Parara Puru might be sheltered by the Panamanian rain forest, accessible only by dugout canoe from the Río Chagres, but the women who greet us as we ...
Smithsonian researcher Brian Gratwicke and colleagues describe how acoustic technology aided the remarkable rediscovery of four amphibian populations thought to have vanished from Panama’s mountain ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the fossilized wood samples discovered on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. An ancient mangrove forest with trees that ...
A mangrove forest thrived on an island in the Panama Canal until a violent volcanic eruption buried it in ash and rock 22 million years ago - wiping it from the planet. Now, scientists at the ...
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), the Panama-based branch of the Smithsonian Institution, will offset its carbon dioxide emissions by working with an indigenous community to conserve ...
LONDON – Indigenous people in Panama are asking the United Nations to close down its global forestry program, REDD, in their country. REDD – Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest ...
Why are monkeys smart? Some say it is because they make mental maps for efficiently travelling through the forest canopy from one fruiting tree to the next. Kevin McLean, former fellow at the ...