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A 22 Million-Year-Old Mangrove Forest Was Discovered on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island

A volcanic eruption triggered a sediment flow that preserved a mangrove forest around what is now Barro Colorado Island, providing a better glimpse of the vegetation that existed in a highly changing area

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Extraordinary Fossil Find Reveals Details About the Weight and Diet of Extinct Saber-Toothed Marsupial

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A Turtle Time Capsule: DNA Found in Ancient Shell

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Marine Fossils Unearth Story About Panama’s Deep Past

El Coral beach fish trap in Saboga Island, Panama

See a New Interactive Map of Indigenous Fishing Practices Around the Pacific Rim

Pearl Islands

Unique Agates on a Panamanian Island Reveal Submarine Volcanic Activity

Illustration from the graphic novel 'Martina and the Bridge of Time' by Aaron O'Dea and Ian Cooke Tapia. (Ian Cooke Tapia)

A Young Comic Book Heroine Travels Through Panama’s Deep History

Cranium of an individual recovered from beneath the Cathedral of Panama Viejo. (Javier Rivera Sandoval, ArtEmpire)

An 'oral' history: Archaeologists search for the origin of dental modification in Panama

Fighting conch with lime as prepared in Bocas del Toro, Panama. (Felix Rodriguez, STRI)

The Genetics of Shrinking

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Indigenous Marine Scientist Studies Fish Feeding Evolution in Panama

Harnessing the Wisdom of Indigenous Communities for Marine Conservation

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