http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A workshop at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama has dramatically improved the ability of conservationists and regulatory agencies to monitor the spread of chytridiomycosis -one of the deadliest frog diseases on Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news175180017.html Biology Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:20:02 EST news175180017 (AP) -- Venezuela's health ministry is reporting the country's first swine flu case: a 22-year-old man who arrived on a flight from Panama earlier this week. http://www.physorg.com/news162794923.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 May 2009 05:49:11 EST news162794923 (AP) -- Researchers are heading to Central America to develop ways to fight a fungus blamed for the extinction of dozens of frog and amphibian species. http://www.physorg.com/news161272070.html Biology Mon, 11 May 2009 14:48:20 EST news161272070 Barro Colorado Island in Panama, home of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's premier tropical biology field station, has been described as the best-studied piece of tropical real estate in the western hemisphere. Although the island has been a mecca for biologists for nearly 90 years, no one has ever photographed an elusive island visitor, the jaguar -until now. http://www.physorg.com/news160659472.html Biology Mon, 04 May 2009 12:38:34 EST news160659472 Contrary to previous evidence, a new University of Florida study shows the Isthmus of Panama was most likely formed by a Central American Peninsula colliding slowly with the South American continent through tectonic plate movement over millions of years. http://www.physorg.com/news136614198.html Space & Earth Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:23:18 EST news136614198