Cool science is being carried out on a Smithsonian island in the Panama Canal In Animals, Plants, Research News, Science & Nature, Video / 6 December 2010 Related posts: Invasive Cobia Spreads in Panama Census reveals 1,200 howler monkeys living on Barro Colorado Island Rockin’ out: Bats learn to love heavy metal music Barro Colorado Island: The Smithsonian’s research outpost in the Panama Canal Tags: biodiversity, conservation, conservation biology, endangered species, insects, mammals, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Tropical Research Institute