On Tuesday, Jan. 14 we spent the morning listening to two talks at Naos Island Laboratories, which is near Panama City next to the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. We heard Michael Boyle talk about comparative development and life history in marine invertebrates and Laura Geyer talk about speciation and reinforcement in sea urchins. After the morning talks, we got lunch Karimar, which was an outdoor restaurant on the beach of the Pacific Ocean in Vera Cruz. We then took a quick trip to Punta Culebra where we saw 3 sloths, including a really cute baby one. We then headed over to Tupper, the main laboratory/office building for STRI scientists. We saw a “Tupper Talk” by Loren McClenachan on using historical ecology in marine conservation.
View of Panama City from Naos Island in the Pacific Ocean
Sleeping baby two toed sloth a few feet above our heads
- Rachel
