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Two peole inside old quarry
Camila Martínez
Quarry

Carlos Jaramillo and Camilla Crifo in an old quarry destined to be a future garbage pit.

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Person lying in trench next to fossil tree
Carlos Jaramillo
Fossil tree

Edwin Cadena lies next to a fossil tree.

San Miguel Community, Espinar Municipality, Cusco Department, Peru. 2014

Credit: Carlos Jaramillo

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Fossil leaf
Camila Martinez
Fossil Leaf

Berberis fossil leaf from the Pliocene. 

Espinar Municipality, Cusco Department, Peru. 2015

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Dark sky over golden plain
Federico Moreno
Dark sky

Team going returning to the car after scouting the area for the day.

Espinar Municipality, Cusco Department, Peru. 2014

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Camilla Martinez with colleague
Federico Moreno
Camila Martínez and Marco Antonio

Camila Martínez and Marco Antonio (guide).

Colpamayo Community, Espinar Municipality, Cusco Department, Peru. 2014

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Research tem with unearthed fossil tree

Rodolfo Salas Gismondi

Fossil Trees on Peru’s Central Andean Plateau Tell a Tale of Dramatic Environmental Change
08.28.2020
Tropical Research Institute Research News
Kirtland's Warbler

Tim Romano, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center

Tracking Technology Exposes Secretive Long-distance Movement of Kirtland’s Warblers
Hidden Movements Have Conservation Implications for All North American Bird Species
08.20.2020
National Zoo & SCBI Research News
Triacantheonis blanca
Arthur Anker
Triacanthoneus blanca

In addition to Strianassa lerayi, other new shrimps were discovered by the STRI team working in Coiba in 2019 and described by Arthur Anker:

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unesconia Coibensis
Arthur Anler
Unesconia coibensis

In addition to Strianassa lerayi, other new shrimps were discovered by the STRI team working in Coiba in 2019 and described by Arthur Anker:

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Shrimp species struanassa Lerayi anker
Arthur Anker
Strianassa lerayi 

Strianassa lerayi is one of the new shrimps were discovered by the STRI team working in Coiba in 2019 and described by Arthur Anker.

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Shrimp Pachelpheus pachyacanthus
Arthur Anker
Pachelpheus pachyacanthus

In addition to Strianassa lerayi, other new shrimps were discovered by the STRI team working in Coiba in 2019 and described by Arthur Anker:

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Shrimp strianassa lerayi

Strianassa lerayi

Strianassa lerayi Anker, New Shrimp Species From Panama’s Coiba National Park
Named for Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Post-doctoral Fellow Matthieu Leray
08.11.2020
Tropical Research Institute Research News
Anole

Slender anole lizard. Photo: John David Curlis

Biodiversity May Limit Invasions: Lessons From Lizards on Panama Canal Islands
08.07.2020
Tropical Research Institute Research News
Damaged trees
Evan Gora
Forest damage 4

An image of the same strike, but from much closer and a lower angle.  It is much easier to see the damaged neighboring trees.

Credit: Evan Gora

 

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Damaged trees
Evan Gora
Forest damage 3

Distant drone image of a lightning strike on a hillside in a section of old-growth forest on Barro Colorado Island in Panama.  The dead tree towering over this forest stand was directly struck by lightning, and the lightning strike also killed or damaged many of its smaller neighbors

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Damaged trees
Evan Gora
Forest damage 2

Drone image of multiple trees damaged by a single lightning strike one month prior to this photo being taken.  These damaged trees continued to lose leaves and die over a period of months post-strike.

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Damage trees
Evan Gora
Forest damage 1

Image of a group of trees damaged by a single lightning strike as viewed from directly overhead.  Five large canopy trees are dead near the center of the image.  The adjacent sections of neighboring trees have also lost their leaves, apparently due to electric current movi

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Lightning strike
Remote Sensing System photo

Image of lightning taken by the team’s remote sensing system

Credit: Remote sensing system on Barro Colorado Island

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Lightning Strike
Remote Sensor System photo 3

Images of lightning taken by the team’s remote sensing system

Credit: Remote sensing system on Barro Colorado Island

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Lightning strike
Lightning Strikes More Than 100 Million Times Per Year in the Tropics
07.21.2020
Tropical Research Institute Research News
lightning strike
Remote Sensor System photo 2

Image of lightning taken by the team’s remote sensing system

Credit: Remote sensing system on Barro Colorado Island

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Lightning strike
Jeff Burchfield, University of Alabama Huntsville
Lightning strike on BCI

Lightning on Barro Colorado Island Research Station in Panama
Photo by Jeff Burchfield, University of Alabama Huntsville

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Ultra-black deep sea fish looking creepy

Karen Osborn, Smithsonian

Scientists Discover How Deep-Sea, Ultra-Black Fish Disappear
Ultra-Black Fish Skin Absorbs More Than 99.5% of Light in a New, Extremely Efficient Way, a Discovery That May Advance High-Tech Optical and Camouflage Technology
07.16.2020
Natural History Museum Research News
Deep-sea ultra black fish
Karen Osborn, Smithsonian Institution
Anoplogaster 1b

One specimen of the ultra-black fish species Anoplogaster cornuta. This fish was so lively after being sampled and documented that the research team released it back to the deep via submarine the day after being caught in a trawl net.

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