Intern will lead study about tent-making bats
Reserva Playa Tortuga has received a new intern from HAS University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands) called Michelle Bakker, who will work during 20 weeks in the study “Characterization of the tent-making bat species present at the RPT”. The methodology is to walk 3...
Ocelots will be studied by intern from Netherlands
Tessa Van de Pas is a new intern from HAS University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands) who will spend 20 weeks in Reserva Playa Tortuga studing the ocelots. Tessa will use 6 cameras that are installed around the trails of the reserve, which will be 24 hours on. After...
Research assistant from US shares her experience working at RPT
"Hello! My name is Ali Ballard I am originally from Washington State in the United States. I graduated from Washington State University in 2015. In the spring of 2016 I moved to Jekyll Island, Georgia where I was a sea turtle patrol member. When my time in Georgia was...
3 GPS loggers were set up in 2 crocs and 1 caiman
As part of the Crocodilian Monitoring Project in August 2017 some staff members and volunteers set up the first of 3 GPS logger on talok (croc in Bribri) of a 2.5 mt American croc, at the Terraba River. The main objetive of this project is to collect real-time...
Kids had a blast on the Summer Camp 2018!! (Photo Gallery)
We finished our Summer Camp 2018... two weeks full of knowledge, adventures, smiles and good memories!! Special thanks to Museo Nacional Sitio arqueológico Finca 6, Parque Nacional Marino Ballena and Hacienda Barú Wildlife Refuge for receiving us. Thanks to the...
Students from Atlanta visited RPT and learned about biodiversity
About 40 students between 17 and 18 years old from the Galloway School in Atlanta, US, visited the Reserva Playa Tortuga during January of this year. Accompanied by their teachers Lynda Jenkins and Stephen Fleming-Cooper, the students had the opportunity to stay for...