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Learn about recent research and events at the station
Three Key Ways Your Donation Protects nature
Discover how your Costa Rica rainforest conservation donations drive real, science-led impact. From exposing illegal wildlife trafficking networks with high-tech decoys to training over 2,400 future environmental leaders at the Caño Palma Biological Station, see the three direct ways COTERC turns donor support into ground-level protection for threatened tropical ecosystems.
Nine Months in the Swamp: What Caimans, Jaguars and Cold Showers Taught Me
Life at Caño Palma was not exactly luxury. The setting was minimalist. But I loved it. Being there made me realise how little you need when you are surrounded by rainforest, wildlife and people who care deeply about conservation…
A Volunteer experience at Caño Palma
Having spent some time in Nicaragua before arriving, I thought I knew what jungle looked like but the beauty and sense of energy the rainforest possessed soon made me realise this place was like a whole other world…
Paddles, Caimans, and Water Measurements
The sun was high overhead, and despite the shade provided by the overhanging rainforest canopy, the heat was impossible to ignore. My fellow intern and I were paddling a tandem kayak through a narrow channel in Tortuguero National Park, heading toward the second-to-last water sampling station of the day…
Around the Bend – Personal Journeys
For an intern heading to Caño Palma for the first time, the river isn't just any pathway – it's where you realize you’re leaving one world and entering another…
9 Months in the Rainforest: Going Batty
After nine months at Caño Palma Biological Station, I have lived through both the dry and rainy seasons, been well and truly put through my paces during turtle season and learnt more about tent-making bats than I ever expected to know. Somewhere along the way, the station became a second home…
Notes from the station
Station Manager, Charlotte Foale, gives an update on our work at the station.
Notes from the station
Station Manager, Charlotte Foale, gives an update on our work at the station.
How Conservation Saved Tortuguero
The story of how Tortuguero became a centre of research and conservation.
Ten Weeks of Jungle Life
Yair Ben-Yacov, an intern from the Netherlands shares his experiences from his recent 10 week stay at the station.
