Gillian Hudson, a wildlife ecology and conservation senior and UD World Scholar, relied on her Ornithology (ENWC 418) coursework during bird point counts. “During the study abroad, we familiarized ...

Every other winter since 2013, McCarthy leads a new group of undergraduate students in Conservation of Tropical Biodiversity (ENWC440) and Debates in Conservation Biology (ENWC450). For four weeks, ...

A huge number of academic papers have been published over the years by scientists who use camera traps in creative ways to discover new and interesting facts about Costa Rica’s wildlife. After falling ...

Costa Rica is home to about 5% of the world’s biodiversity. However, its rich ecosystems are threatened by human activity. The publication noted that many non-profit associations work to protect the ...

Hugo Santa Cruz is a photographer contributing to a new Netflix documentary about nature and coping with COVID-19. A Bolivian currently stuck in Costa Rica due to the pandemic, he has turned his ...

The debt-for-nature idea is at the heart of the Costa Rican deal. Under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) of 1998, low and middle-income countries like Costa Rica can substitute part of ...

Ranches in Costa Rica occasionally overlap with jaguar and puma hunting areas, creating conflict that can sometimes be unavoidable. But with the help of conservationists, ranchers are now able to ...

Winona State University's Athenaeum Series will present "Costa Rica's Environmental Movement: Round Two" by political science professor Darrell Downs and U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist Tex ...

TALAMANCA, Costa Rica— The Center for Biological Diversity has donated more than 40 acres of land in Costa Rica to a group of Indigenous women for conservation and sustainable cocoa production. The ...