The Importance of Mangrove Conservation
The Importance of Mangrove Conservation
Mangroves are ecosystems that provide incalculable services, including a barrier that mitigates the impact of hurricanes and storms. They are also sites where thousands of species need to carry out vital ...
Antbird Facts
Antbird facts
From Mexico to Argentina ranging in almost all altitudes of tropical and subtropical regions of America with more than 230 species.
Antbirds are elusive, secretive, and extremely beautiful. In Costa Rica, this large group of ...
What should we know about the venomous snake named Fer de Lance?
What should we know about the venomous snake named Fer de Lance?
Highlights.
Scientific Name: Bothrops asper
Status in the Wild: Common
Habitat: Grasslands, Rainforests, Tropical Dry Forests, Woodlands
Diet: Carnivore
The fer-de-lance, a pit-viper species, is ...
What species of Curassows are found in Costa Rica?
What species of Curassows are found in Costa Rica?
The Great Curassow
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Birds
ORDER: Galliformes
FAMILY: Cracidae
GENUS: Crax
SPECIES: Crax rubra
The Great Curassow is the largest of all the guans ...
Birding in Costa Rica, what to expect?
Birding in Costa Rica, what to expect?A kingdom of tropical biodiversity, Costa Rica is only the size of West Virginia but lodges 5% of Earth’s species. This small Central American country, located between Nicaragua and ...
What to know about the Cedar Waxwing?
What to know about the Cedar Waxwing?
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
ORDER: Passeriformes
FAMILY: Bombycillidae
Basic Description.
The Cedar Waxwing is a silky, shiny collection of brown, gray, and lemon-yellow, accented with a subdued crest, rakish black ...
How many species of Peccaries are there in Costa Rica? (Part 2)
How many species of Peccaries are there in Costa Rica?
Second Part.
White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu Pecari)
Names: Sometimes listed under the genus Dicotyles. Both parts of the scientific name come from the Brazilian Tupi language. Tayassu means taya ...
How many species of Peccaries are there in Costa Rica? (Part 1)
How many species of Peccaries are there in Costa Rica?
Well, the family Tayassuidae has two species in this country, let's talk about them.
First Part.
Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)
Names: Also known as the javelina, because of its ...
The Blue Morpho Butterfly of Costa Rica
The Blue Morpho Butterfly of Costa Rica
Type: Insect
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: The most amazing insect in the tropical rainforests of Central America and South America. Blue Morpho is found mainly in forests Throughout the U.S., Mexico, and ...
5 beautiful animals of Costa Rica
5 beautiful animals of Costa Rica
Baird’s Tapir
The Baird's Tapir is Central America’s largest land mammal growing up to six feet long and four feet tall. Resembling something between a rhino, an elephant and a pig, ...