Every other winter since 2013, McCarthy leads a new group of undergraduate students in Conservation of Tropical Biodiversity (ENWC440) and Debates in Conservation Biology (ENWC450). For four weeks, ...

A huge number of academic papers have been published over the years by scientists who use camera traps in creative ways to discover new and interesting facts about Costa Rica’s wildlife. After falling ...

Costa Rica: Raising the Bar for Conservation. By Marta Yamamoto, Special to the Planet. Tuesday July 10, 2007. When traveling through Costa Rica it’s best to emulate ... Manuel Antonio National Park ...

Costa Rica is home to about 5% of the world’s biodiversity. However, its rich ecosystems are threatened by human activity. The publication noted that many non-profit associations work to protect the ...

Gillian Hudson, a wildlife ecology and conservation senior and UD World Scholar, relied on her Ornithology (ENWC 418) coursework during bird point counts. “During the study abroad, we familiarized ...

Hugo Santa Cruz is a photographer contributing to a new Netflix documentary about nature and coping with COVID-19. A Bolivian currently stuck in Costa Rica due to the pandemic, he has turned his ...

Why Costa Rica is a wildlife photographer’s dream ... With all of its marine area designated for conservation, Tortuguero is one of the country’s main tourist spots.