Environment & Wildlife, Sierpe in Osa, Costa Rica: Very Special for Sighting Wildlife!

Sierpe in Osa: Very Special for Sighting Wildlife!

Sierpe de Osa is a rural village surrounded by gardens, farms, rivers, estuaries, and the rainforest. Squirrel monkeys, as well as howler and capuchin are aware that they can find plenty of fruits, leaves, insects, and other delicious snacks. One of their ever-favorite is wild guava, of which there are many in the Blue Channel.

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Corcovado, Happy Is Healthy Golfo Dulce

Corcovado National Park

By Luis H. Galera Photos by Amigos Area Conservación OsaCorcovado National Park, which, according to some locals, is named after a kind of native type of quail called corcovado, is located on the Osa Peninsula, […]

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Panama Canal Jill Green

The Panama Canal was the Culprit

~ by Jill Green from San Josecito My grandson, Sebastián León Hines, just had his 15th birthday. Excited enough to make the transition from kid to high school teenager, and though he received a wonderful selection of gifts from […]

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El Pavon de Flor 2

Costa Rican’s Version of the Wild Turkey

~ by Jack Ewing Please Don’t Eat One for Thanksgiving or Christmas… The Great Curassow is the largest bird in Path of the Tapir Biological Corridor. An ornithologist who, in 1996, was assessing avian diversity in the corridor, […]

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Tarantula Uvita Doc Frog

Dangerous spiders

Other creatures that are always going to be part of our lives in Costa Ballena are spiders. Feared by many, spiders represent the second largest group of animals on the planet (ants are number 1). […]

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