Field notes

Thinking from the field.

Stories, findings and notes on biodiversity, straight from Panamanian herpetology.

The frog named after Greta Thunberg

How a rainfrog from eastern Panama ended up named after a climate activist — and why it matters.

Finding an animal nobody has named is the easy part. What comes next takes years.

There are streams in Panama where the frogs once kept you awake. Today they are silent.

Of those in Panama, the vast majority pose no danger. The problem is almost always what we think we know.