Tropical Rivers Lab

03/07/2018

Scientists thought Florida's native flamingo population had been hunted out of existence by the 19th century plume trade.

02/24/2018

Alarming trends in deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. What will this rapid loss of forest mean for rivers?

Este municipio concentró el 21% de las alertas del último trimestre reportó el IDEAM. Cartagena del Chairá y Solano ocupan el segundo y tercer lugar.

02/23/2018

Tropical Rivers Lab Meeting was packed today! Stay tuned for updates on new research on native and introduced Arapaima.

02/21/2018

Congrats to Steven Whitfield and friends at Zoo Miami!

Despite their iconic connection to Florida, wild flamingos have long been considered escapees from Hialeah racetrack or other domestic flocks, or wayward vagrants from Caribbean populations. But a new study concludes early ornithologists were mistaken.

02/16/2018

Huge congrats to our lab’s presenters at today’s Graduate Student Symposium! Way to represent!

02/15/2018

Many doctoral curricula aim to produce narrowly focused researchers rather than critical thinkers. That can and must change, says Gundula Bosch.

02/14/2018

While the United States may be weakening protections for wilderness, the creation of Yaguas National Park protects millions of acres from development and deforestation.

02/12/2018

02/09/2018

Tropical Rivers Lab group hard at work thinking through a socio-ecological systems model for an indigenous fishery. We meet Fridays at FIU in Miami. Visitors welcome!