This afternoon, a car flew through the streets of Casco Viejo knocking two motorcycle police off their shared motorcycle. In Panama, the motorcycle police are known as “Los Linces,” named after the linx wild-cat. The incident occurred as the linx were pulling out of the entrance to the Presidency, while the car sped towards...
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Racing against the deadly chytridridiomycosis fungus-born disease which decimates amphibious populations, scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have identified two new frog species in Panama. The pristimantis educatoris was found in Omar Torrijos National Park and the P. adnus in the Darien Province near the Colombian border. “We are working as hard as...
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