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Costa Rica

Week five in Costa Rica

by Megan McKeown, of University of Vermont Week five here in Costa Rica! These five weeks have been a blur of amazing adventures and fascinating research. This week has been packed full of our final days of dung beetle research,…

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Rough roads and calm seas in Costa Rica

by Karl Pfeiffenberger, of Seward, AK Piling our gear onto the small colectivo, we crammed ourselves into the small fold-out middle seats and started our bus ride to Piro. Along the bumpy ride, we passed cattle ranches, teak plantations, and thick…

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Las primeras vistas de pura vida

By Alejandra Gallardo, of the College of Saint Benedict We have arrived at Costa Rica! We met in San José on February 5thand were greeted by a warm, Central American sun. We stayed in town for two days and explored…

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Feeling chipper on Chirripo

By Jori McCune, Westminster College We arrived in Puerto Jimenez the morning of the 30th all overflowing with that euphoric ‘after finals’ feeling. Cece, Avery, and I booked it to the beach as soon as we could, where we were…

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Turtley Awesome

By Avery Driscoll, Westminster College This week we survived our conservation biology exam, became certified experts on the flora and fauna of the Osa (just kidding–that would take several lifetimes), and at least semi-successfully produced papers from the fieldwork we’ve…