Friends of the Osa

Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao) Cerro Osa

An afternoon shower from the porch of La Casona at Cerro Osa.

Taken on the trails of Friends of the Osa's Osa Biodiversity Center. For more information on Friends of the Osa's conservation of globally significant biodiversity or to find out how you can help, please visit www.osaconservation.org

Pelicans diving for fish at Cabo Matapalo, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

This lek of 6 or more Red-capped Manakins were performing a courtship display. When walking through the forest, the clicking sounds that they make with their wings will often draw your attention before you see the birds. There must have been a female in the area, but ...as she is much more cryptic we didn't get a good look. Please visit us at www.osaconservation.org and help us conserve these birds' habitat.

We had heard these howler monkeys in the morning when we crossed the Rio Coyunda on the Cerro Osa property, but we couldn't get a good look at them. On our way back up the hill a couple of hours later, we caught this footage as they were immediately next to the trail. ... It was interesting to see the ever-curious spider monkey enter the scene to see what the commotion was about. To learn more about Friends of the Osa's programs and the Osa Biodiversity Center, visit www.osaconservation.org.

This footage was captured on the trails of Friends of the Osa's Osa Biodiversity Center. It looks like the spider was planning on eating this snake. The snake had other ideas. Could this be new to science? Has anybody ever seen this before? To find out more about ...Friends of the Osa, our conservation efforts, or to schedule a visit to the Osa Biodiversity Center, please visit www.osaconservation.org

San José (elpais.cr)- Una de las zonas ecológicas más valiosas de Costa Rica ya tiene enemigos, que pretenden desarrollar en el sur del país el "Proyecto Rincón" para la explotación de una mina aurífera-acuífera.