Trop Bio Lab

With support from the Constable Foundation, we provided scholarships to each and every student from the communities involved in setting up the Yato Conservation Area (Makira, Solomon Islands). Tangible benefits like these allow us to move forward with our partnership despite travel restrictions during the pandemic. The Yato project is also sponsored by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund #

Congratulations to TropBioLab graduate student María Isabel Castano for receiving an American Ornithological Society student research grant. We're excited to see what the results of the proposed work on hybrid zones in Colombian tanagers can tell us about the origin of species!

Maria Isabel Castaño on Twitter “Thrilled to have been selected for the Student Research Awards 2021. Excited to go back to the field in Colombia this summer and start my research at ! Thanks to AOS for supporting my project 🦜 📸by: ”

decorations… done! Wishing everyone safe and healthy holidays!

Decoraciones del lab…. listas! ¡Les deseamos unas felices fiestas y mucha salud!

Social Invertebrates as Models for Non-Kin Cooperation In this Research Topic, we will explore the general question of why patterns that range from collective action to cooperation may evolve among non-kin, and how the various potential drivers of these behaviors intersect with the diversity of non-kin social systems in invertebrates. We suggest that no...