In June 2012 I took a two week long OTS course in Beetle Systematics at La Selva Biological Station. I had never done any kind of tropical terrestrial fieldwork before, and was concerned with what to… more →
Jimmy O'Donnellwrote 12 months ago: In June 2012 I took a two week long OTS course in Beetle Systematics at La Selva Biological Station. … more →
wrote 12 months ago: (San José) My last day in Costa Rica was about as uneventful as they come- always great when traveli … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (La Selva) Today we finished up and presented the projects we’ve been working on during the co … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (La Selva) Today we visited INBio, the National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica. Located just o … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (La Selva) I thought I’d write a post about the ways in which we’ve been acquiring beetl … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (Veragua) We left La Selva at 8 on Monday morning to drive to Veragua rainforest. Veragua is a priva … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (La Selva) Today was quite a bit more mellow, mainly because I was dead tired. With all of the spect … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (La Selva) Things have really gotten into a rhythm now, which is nice when doing fieldwork because i … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (La Selva) A kind of slower day, being that we spent a lot of time in the classroom and learning log … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (Las Selva) Today we woke up early in San José and took a bus to La Selva Biological Station, where … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (San José) Transit to Costa Rica was without a hitch. In fact, I was randomly bumped to first class … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I am en route to Costa Rica today to take a two week long course on beetle systematics and taxonomy … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (La Selva) A really fantastic day because it was our first real day of field work on our independent … more →