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Red Eye Tree Frog Life Cycle
This is another neat little video which shows the life cycle of a red eye tree frog. These frogs are found throughout the region we work in Costa Rica. In Fact, we are working on a mapping project right now with a team from Germany known as Red Frog Team. [Read More]
Earth Day Beach Cleanup
This past saturday, student, tourist, and local volunteer groups came together at Playa Cocles in Costa Rica and cleaned the beaches and Beach [Read More]
What are the Human Health Effects of Pesticides?
spraying a marsh to control mosquitoes will cause trace amounts of DDT to accumulate in the cells of microscopic aquatic organisms, the plankton, in the marsh. In feeding on the plankton, filter-feeders, like clams and some fish, harvest DDT as well as food. [Read More]
Biomimicry and the Future of Science
Biomimicry is an emerging discipline that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems. Our at least that's how it is described at biomimicry.net. Jayne Beyrus discusses some very possible answers to current and future [Read More]
What are Pesticides, and How are They Absorbed in Our Environment
The term "pesticide" is a composite term that includes all chemicals that are used to kill or control pests. In agriculture, this includes herbicides (weeds), insecticides (insects), fungicides (fungi), nematocides (nematodes), and rodenticides (vertebrate poisons). [Read More]
How to prepare lionfish
Below is a video on the preparation of Lionfish by the Lionfish Hunters. Project Green Jungle is now participating in lionfish eradication programs in and around Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. [Read More]
Raffle Prizes for Earth Day 2010
Tweet Below is an updated list of our Earth Day Prizes as of 7pm on April 13th, 2010 Earth Day Door Prizes Coffee from Caribeans Gourmet Chocolate from Caribeans T-Shirts from Media Hora 5000 Colone Drink Tabs from Mango Sunset Earth Day Stickers from [Read More]
Cobra versus Monitor Lizard
Video posted on Nat Geo shows interaction between the Monitor Lizard and a Cobra. We have worked with monitor lizards before, and this is an accurate representation of what a ticked off monitor lizard will do to get in a punch. [Read More]
Upper Sixaola River Expedition, Earth Day 2010 Costa Rica
Leave by bus to explore the upper regions of the Sixaola River Valley. This kayak trip will start in Suretka and continue down to the border town of Sixaola. During the trip we will be scouting future test sites, potential runoff areas, and looking for wildlife. This [Read More]
Rom Whitaker talks about Gharial and King Cobra Conservation in India
A friend of ours, Rom Whitaker talks in this video about water pollution and how it is effecting the gharial and king cobra populations. He builds a strong case for pollution upriver creating a gout which is killing the animals. [Read More]
