Sep 2, 2015 by News Staff

The fossil of a freshwater river dolphin that lived 5.8 – 6.1 million years ago has been found in Panama. Life reconstruction of Isthminia panamensis,...

Aug 20, 2015 by News Staff

Spiders of the genus Selenops (Araneae: Selenopidae) have a unique ability to control their gliding fall, as if they were skydivers, according to a team...

Sep 29, 2014 by News Staff

A team of scientists from Germany, Colombia and Panama led by Prof Andrew Crawford of the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota has described a new species...

Apr 18, 2014 by News Staff

Biologists from the United States and Mexico have described a new orchid species from a mountainous area in central Panama. Lophiaris silverarum. Image...

Jan 29, 2014 by News Staff

The acrobatic courtship displays of male Golden-collared manakins (Manacus vitellinus) are less energetically costly than they appear, says a group of...

Mar 5, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to U.S. paleontologists, the discovery of 19 million year old crocodilian fossils in Panama sheds new light on the history of interchange and...

Sep 17, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Biologists from the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, Germany, have discovered a new species of snail-eater in the highlands of western Panama. Adult...

May 22, 2012 by Natali Anderson

A new bright yellow frog species has been discovered in the mountains of western Panama by German biologists. This is a male of the new frog species, Diasporus...