by admin | Aug 14, 2018 | RPT Research, Turtles, Volunteering
Very early the morning of the 22nd of June, after returning from a crocodile monitoring, members of the Reserva Playa Tortuga observed turtle tracks on the beach and found a nest with 91 eggs. This is the first official nest of the 2018 season. Playa Tortuga is a...
by admin | Jan 22, 2018 | monkeys, RPT Research, Turtles, Volunteering
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...
by admin | Nov 16, 2017 | Community, Outreach, Turtles
This week Reserva Playa Tortuga was visited by some students of Escuela Ballena, who are part of our “Era Verde” education project, which seeks to promote actions for the sustainable use of natural resources and their conservation through the environmental...
by admin | Jun 4, 2017 | Turtles, Volunteering
Turtle season for Playa Tortuga will officially start on July 15th. We’ll be building the beach hatchery, which means digging, moving, and sifting beach sand. This is done to help ensure the beach sand in our hatchery is free from human debris and trash,...
by admin | Feb 14, 2017 | Turtles
Here at Reserva Playa Tortuga, we do a lot of research on the Olive Ridley turtles that nest on our beach. Here are 5 things we think you should know about Olive Ridley sea turtles. 1. Olive ridleys, also known as lepidochelys olivacea, are classified by the IUCN as...
by admin | Oct 20, 2016 | Turtles
Turtles are hatching! It’s been a busy turtle season here at Reserva Playa Tortuga! We’ve had several nests hatch already (including one emergency hatchery – moving a nest that was endangered by the tide). It’s quite a sight, watching all the...
Reserva Playa Tortuga is a non-profit biological research and education center formed in 2009 by community members (“citizen scientists”) and Costa Rican scientists. read more