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10 baby crocs on a nest were found at the Térraba River

10 baby crocs on a nest were found at the Térraba River

by admin | Apr 12, 2018 | crocs, RPT Research

Two weeks ago, during a night monitoring at the Térraba River, part of the RPT team found for the first time an American crocodile nest. There were 2 baby crocs already dead and another 8 were born. The measure of the baby crocs were on average 26 cm long. What we can...
Intern will lead study about tent-making bats

Intern will lead study about tent-making bats

by admin | Apr 3, 2018 | Internships, mammals, RPT Research

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

Ocelots will be studied by intern from Netherlands

by admin | Mar 21, 2018 | Internships, mammals, RPT Research

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

Research assistant from US shares her experience working at RPT

by admin | Mar 5, 2018 | Internships, RPT Research, Volunteering

“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...
3 GPS loggers were set up in 2 crocs and 1 caiman

3 GPS loggers were set up in 2 crocs and 1 caiman

by admin | Feb 23, 2018 | crocs, RPT Research, Volunteering

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...
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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

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