AcroBATics at Big Tree

I was trying to immitate my furry research specimens at Big Tree. Behind me is the just one of the roots of this ancient tree. It is almost impossible to fathom the size of this tree whose crown is somewhere in the clouds! (Photo location: Barro Colorado Island)

A rain forest after my heart

January 22nd 2008
Week 1 I didn't realize that I would be back in the lush jungles of Panama so soon after my last visit. But here I am, a field assistant at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute working with my favorite frog-eating bat. It is the dry season (Jan-May) and I've noticed that there are a lot more animals about. Just in my first week, I saw a family of coatis (raccoon-lik ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama Canal

With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal ... ... read more

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