Colombian robotics expert Daniela Osorio Payan Daniela Osorio Payan A 19-year-old Colombian mechatronics prodigy has applied her talents to a edible mushroom project that could help future astronauts avoid vitamin D deficiency. Daniela Osorio “Dani” Payán, an analog astronaut and Mechatronics Engeering student at the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente in Cali, Colombia explains that she’s …
Adult Bee Assassin Bug of the Genus Apiomerus getty A Colombian researcher has spent years scouring museum collections around the world to help answer a big question: how many different kinds of assassin bugs are there? The New World resin bugs (assassin bugs from the tribe Apiomerini) in the genus Apiomerus, use sticky plant resin …
Flower of Glossolomamagenticristatum J.L.Clark, D.Hoyos & Clavijo David Sanín A plant species new to science, already characterized as endangered, faces a very specific threat: periodic roadside maintenance. Glossoloma ranges from southern Mexico to Bolivia, 16 species found in the western lowland Andean forests of Colombia and Ecuador, but a new species, Glossolomamagenticristatum, was found in …
Lepanthes boyacensis, El Taladro, Boyaca. First time found in the wild. April, 2019 Edicson Parra-Sanchez Perched high in the Colombian Andes, researchers have found orchid species new to science and are working to save them from changing climate and land use. Colombia’s combination of lowland dry forests, wet forests, cloud forests and paramo (high-altitude meadows) …
In 2022, Juan Mateo Rivera explores a stream in Assis, Acre State, Brazil, searching for crabs. Leandro Palheta Located in the Colombian Andes, Manizales is a hub for researchers studying the well-being of a native species of small freshwater crabs in the city’s parks and streams. Colombia has an impressive number of over 100 registered …