Introduction

    For everyone who hasn’t yet heard about my new job in Panama, here’s the pertinent information, grade-school-reporter style.

Who?
    If you don’t know, leave my blog, stranger.

What?
    Research assistant at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI).

Where?
    Gamboa, Panama, about an hour outside of Panama City.

Why?
    To study speciation in butterflies.

How (long)?
    I’ll be in Panama for about a year, until next December 2012 or January 2013.