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Stories of Resilience from Indigenous Women featuring Brigida de Gracia

Upwelling failure 2025

https://stri.si.edu/story/prehistoric-reefs

Community, outreach, art

A History of Life in 100 Fossils

A journey through Earth’s deep past, told through one hundred remarkable fossil specimens to explores major themes in evolution on Earth. Published in six languages

The Martinaverse

Martina is a brilliant and stubborn young Panamanian girl who builds a time machine to explore the extraordinary science of her homeland. As the protagonist of the Martinaverse, she leads a bilingual science communication and educational outreach program that includes a graphic novel titled Martina and the Bridge of Time, a new series of animated shorts, and live readings.

A reading of the English version:

A reading of the Spanish version – Martina y el Puente en el Tiempo:

Excerpts from our book Martina and the Bridge of Time:

Historia Natural del Istmo de Panama

Historia Natural del Istmo de Panamá is a compendium that chronicles the geological and biological evolution of the Panamanian land bridge. Published with Felix Rodriguez and supported by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and SENACYT, this book serves as an accessible resource for students and non-scientists across Latin America. It features a diverse suite of papers covering topics ranging from the deep-time formation of the Isthmus and its role in the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI) to the contemporary state of coastal vegetation and the future of fishing in Panama’s two oceans.

Historia Natural del Istmo de Panamá is available for free download: