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Vincent Losasso

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Explore Costa Rica’s Horizontes on a Guided Wildlife Tour

I got to know Horizontes, more specifically Estación Experimental Forestal Horizontes, by accident. I had a contract to place camera traps on a few...

Costa Rica’s Birdlife: Discover the Elusive Night Herons

Costa Rica is home to a variety of herons, egrets, and bitterns. In general, they are birds with long legs and sharp beaks that...

Is Progress Always Good? A Decade of Change in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

A decade is a period of ten years. The definition doesn’t change. I’m starting to realize that the sensation of a decade slowly changes...

Costa Rica Wildlife Reveals Mysterious Striped Hog-Nosed Skunk

Today we meet the striped hog-nosed skunk, a little-known species that inhabits forests throughout Costa Rica. The striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus semistriatus) is known...

Costa Rica Wildlife Guide Confesses Pauraque Pet Peeves

Sometimes while working with children in environmental education programming, I’ll have a student comment that one animal or another is bad. I always tell...

Wildlife Secrets Revealed From a Single Tree Branch in Costa Rica

This morning, as I sat in my sweaty little office being slow-roasted by an incorrectly vented clothes dryer, my task, as it often is,...

Costa Rica Volcano Drive Turns Into Tourist Survival Story

This was around ten years ago, so the details of the beginning of the day are a little fuzzy. My wife and I, in...

Should There be a Crocodile Hunt in Costa Rica?

Recently crocodiles have been in the news in Costa Rica. There has been an increase in crocodile sightings and within the last year or...

Moving to a Small Costa Rica Town Brings Unexpected Neighbors

A few years ago, my wife, baby son, and I were prompted to move from one coastal town in Guanacaste to another when my...

Meet the Anhinga: A Unique Wetland Bird Found in Costa Rica

Today we meet the anhinga, a long-necked bird who’s adept at swimming and spearing fish and is sometimes confused with being a snake. The...

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