Fossils discovered on Barro Colorado Island suggest central Panama was once home to a vast mangrove forest that was preserved when a volcanic mudflow buried it 23 million years ago.

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 ...

Barro Colorado, a man-made island in the middle of the Panama Canal, is home to a research-rich outpost of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, a living, breathing, jungle-forest research ...

Two seas, two species of mischievous Panama monkeys, two types of lazy sloths, two ferry transits across the Panama Canal, two excellent guides… and all in one day. Far and away, the highlight ...

A critically endangered pygmy three-toed sloth clutches a tree on the island of Escudo de Veragua, off the Caribbean coast of Panama.

Researchers studying on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal recently uncovered an entire lost ancient mangrove forest over 22 million years old, thanks to the discovery of the fossilized ...

The official noted that planting native mangrove trees on Qetaifan Island is an environmental milestone in Qatar, as these trees are being utilised for the first time in a functional and aesthetic ...

A red mangrove, named for the color of its roots, stakes a claim on Fort George Island, only 20 miles from the Georgia border. Climate change is reducing freeze risk at increasingly higher latitudes.

By Maxwell Radwin Conservation groups in Panama are trying to halt the construction of a new port in the Pacific province of Chiriquí that they say could destroy breeding grounds and nurseries ...

The official noted that planting native mangrove trees on Qetaifan Island is an environmental milestone in Qatar, as these trees are being utilised for the first time in a functional and aesthetic ...

Conservation groups in Panama are trying to halt the construction of a new port in the Pacific province of Chiriquí that they say could destroy breeding grounds and nurseries for marine species ...