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4 unusual facts about Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute


Christian Ziegler

He is known for a photograph of a coffee table which he took for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and a forest in Barro Colorado Island which was used in a science book called A Magic Web, published by Oxford University Press in 2002.

Gamboa, Panama

The Dredging Division's docks are used by light ferries to reach the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) facilities at Barro Colorado Island.

Heliconius heurippa

A team from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama attempted to recreate H. heurippa by breeding H. cydno with H. melpomene.

Michael H. Robinson

Prior to his work at the National Zoo, Dr. Robinson spent 18 years in Panama, Central America, studying animal behavior at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.


Stephen P. Hubbell

Dr. Hubbell is also a senior staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Balboa, Panama.


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