Student Blog

  • Germination Determination

    Germination Determination

    Ocean currents carry many things: sea turtles, messages in bottles, etc.  Seeds are another important thing ocean currents carry. I never thought of the ocean as a mode of seed dispersal…

  • Veragua Rainforest

    Veragua Rainforest

    After our stay at La Selva, we visited a biological station in the Veragua Rainforest, founded to promote research of the flora and fauna in the surrounding area.

  • Independence day

    Independence day

    Prior to Independence Day we took the time to learn more about the history of Costa Rica.

  • Bat Man

    Bat Man

    A couple nights after our return from a relaxing, four day break, we were treated with a visit from “Bat Man”, the local bat expert.

  • Piñas and Pigs: La Finca Sura

    Piñas and Pigs: La Finca Sura

    Sustainable agriculture? In this economy? Unheard of, at least in the US.

  • San Gerardo 2

    San Gerardo 2

    Last Saturday, the 19th August, we went to San Gerardo.

  • Funky Fungi Baby

    Funky Fungi Baby

    Fungi fill essential niches in forest ecosystems, where they cycle nutrients, and maintain soil health and rich webs of species interactions and overall health.

  • Implementing Sustainability from the UGA Costa Rica Campus to Life Back Home in Athens

    Implementing Sustainability from the UGA Costa Rica Campus to Life Back Home in Athens

    The UGA Costa Rica campus is a beautiful environmentally friendly place.

  • Conservation and Consumption: a Coffee Cherry Perspective

    Conservation and Consumption: a Coffee Cherry Perspective

    Coffee is among the most valuable legally traded commodities from the developing world.

  • 5 Year Old Plant Taxonomy

    5 Year Old Plant Taxonomy

    Milton and Diana Lieberman are retired professors from the University of Georgia. They moved to Costa Rica, where they conducted and continue to conduct research and teach tropical ecology.