By Pilar Bernal Castro To promote the conservation of marine resources in the Golfo Dulce, Osa Conservation’s Environmental Education Program, with the support of the Environmental Coalition of Puerto Jimenez, held ??the first Golfo Dulce Festival on Sunday, May 13. More than 100 participants from the communities of La Palma, Cañaza, poppy, Agouti, Needles and [...]
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When we began our research, nobody expected us to find very many sea turtles inside Golfo Dulce — most sea turtle activity was thought to occur on the Pacific side of the Osa Peninsula. It turned out that chelonids were the most frequently seen family of animals, accounting for 38 percent of our total sightings. [...]
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An unexpected but delightful result of our survey work in Golfo Dulce was the identification of about 80 individual Bottlenose dolphins (Turciops truncatus), some of which can be seen in the Appendix of my 2010 report. How does one go about identifying dolphins? Well, pioneering biologists studying various species discovered ingenious ways to distinguish individuals. Jaguars have [...]
A variety of whale species may be found in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Costa Rica, including Byrde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni), Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and Killer whale (Orcinus orca). But the most commonly seen whale inside the Golfo Dulce is the Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), a species [...]
As one of only four tropical fiords in the world, the Golfo Dulce is worthy of both exploration and preservation. Much like its terrestrial counterpart, the surrounding Osa Peninsula, the unique oceanic inlet supports an abundance of critical wildlife. Despite this diversity scientific publications about the gulf’s extensive marine life remain limited. So when a [...]
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO SPEND YOUR HOLIDAYS IN THE RAINFOREST! DECEMBER 17-22 Space is still available on our Holiday Birding Trip, so join us for spectacular birding through the tropical forests of the Osa Peninsula! This five-day trip includes extensive birding, forest hikes, and nightly talks and excursions with our staff of biologists and [...]
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