In the 1960s, an American scientist and entomologist (a person who studies insects) interested in plant-insect interactions came to Costa Rica as part of a…

22-01-17 Palo Verde Research Station Most of the waterfowl in Minnesota (ducks, geese, herons, sandpipers) fly south for the winter. Most only go as far…

22-01-21 Monteverde Our guide, Raquel, says the difference between rain forest and cloud forest is the elevation. Of course, wrapped up in that one variable…

22-01-16 On January 10 we had a Zoom call from Dr. Pilar (“Bibi”) Santidrian Tomillo about sea turtles in the age of climate change. On…

22-01-14 Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who loved a commoner. Her father found out, captured the young man, and threw him…

22-01-15 Playa Hermosa We made a good attempt today at seeing firsthand the plight of coral reefs and their many species, but nature and humans…

22-01-09 “La selva” means “the rainforest” and in this case it refers to a biological research station in that ecosystem that was established in the…

Once upon a time a volcano rose along the western Caribbean coast after millennia of marine depositions building up. The new igneous cone, driven by…

22-01-06 The president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, describes the country’s response to COVID as “el baile y el martillo,” the dance and the hammer.…

We have retreated from campus to our family hearths for a little while, but after the holidays we will gather, like a secret society meeting…