Tropical Rivers Lab

Florida's Long-Lost Wild Flamingos Were Hiding In Plain Sight Scientists thought Florida's native flamingo population had been hunted out of existence by the 19th century plume trade.

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

San Vicente del Caguán fuera de control en deforestación | ELESPECTADOR.COM 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.

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

Congrats to Steven Whitfield and friends at Zoo Miami!

Is century-old Florida flamingo mystery finally solved? Scientist say yes 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.

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

Train PhD students to be thinkers not just specialists Many doctoral curricula aim to produce narrowly focused researchers rather than critical thinkers. That can and must change, says Gundula Bosch.

Peru Moves to Protect ‘One of the Last Great Intact Forests’ While the United States may be weakening protections for wilderness, the creation of Yaguas National Park protects millions of acres from development and deforestation.

Sea rise is outpacing Everglades restoration. But scientists say there’s a solution

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!