Bocas coral spawning “one of the best in 18 years”


News from Panama / Thursday, October 4th, 2012

Five nights after September’s full moon, Nancy Knowlton was getting worried. Virtually no corals spawned on Panama’s Bocas del Toro reefs. The marine biologist feared she was witnessing a third consecutive poor spawning. The sixth night was different.   “It was spectacular,” Nancy said of the annual reproductive phenomena. “It was probably one of the best I’ve seen.”  More for the Smithsonian