Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

What Is the Reason for This Behavior?

Data Collected on Juvenile and Adult Fringe-Lipped Bats Reveal the First Clues Into the Development of Eavesdropping Behavior in Predators

Grant Supports the Smithsonian’s Leadership Role in Bringing the Global GEO-TREES System Online

Longest Continuous Study of Euglossines in the Tropics Found Relatively Stable Populations of These Wild Bees Over Four Decades

The Oldest and Most Complete Fossil Crab Ever Discovered Suggests These Animals Ventured Onto Land at Least 25 to 50 Million Years Earlier than Previously Thought

Long-Term Monitoring of the Bat Species Saccopteryx bilineata in Their Natural Setting Revealed That Pups Display Babbling Behavior Strikingly Similar to That of Human Infants