The Tropical Biology Awards honor tropical scientists and conservationists for extraordinary life-time achievements:

Winners:

• 2010 Diomedes Quintero Arias: read acceptance speech in volume 58(4) - 2010
• 2012 Dr. William Ramírez Benavides (acceptance speech not published)
• 2014 Dr. Christopher Vaughan: read acceptance speech in volume 63(1) - 2015
• 2016 Dr. William G. Eberhard Crabtree: sea note on volume 64(4) - 2016
• 2018 Lic. Myrna I. López Sánchez (acceptance speech not published)