Merry Christmas from all of us at Cloudbridge! Our Christmas and holiday celebration also included guests staying at our Casita Blanca, friends and neighbours. Donations: A big thank you to the Krishnan family from Conneticut who were with us Read More …
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November 2016
Community Tree Planting: We had our annual community tree planting day a little later than usual this year. With all of the rain this season the trees should have sufficient moisture to establish in an area surrounded Read More …
October 2016
Capturing the photo of the Jaguar at Cloudbrdge marks the return of Central America’s ultimate predator and a sign of the improved health of the Cloudbridge environment. It has been amazing to watch the wildlife return as Cloudbridge has transitioned Read More …
September 2016
This butterfly plate shows just how difficult it is to do identifications. We have recently found 2 rare species (new to Cloudbridge) of butterflies- one was back in June and the other at the beginning of September. While Read More …
August 2016
Traversing the river – Take off the boots and step carefully on those slippery rocks Left to right, Emma Moore USA, Florian (Flo) Hammer & Katharina Lutz both from Germany Research: Jenn Powell, our biologist, attended a Read More …
July 2016
Researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the University of Costa Rica (UCR) discovered a new species of snake in Costa Rica. This species resides in the cloud forests of the Talamanca mountain range, which is where Read More …
June 2016
Across the world the earth’s living systems are experiencing extreme summer heat and other drastic weather conditions. 2016 is already the hottest year on record, with India and other regions experiencing record shattering temperatures, and scientists are speaking about the Read More …
May 2016
Our favorite time of year – Tree Planting Season New Volunteers: Emma Moore – Conneticut, USA “I really want to learn about Costa Rican flora and fauna. I look forward to helping the reforestation project by planting trees and maintaining Read More …
April 2016
Volunteers: Corinna Franke – Germany Corinna graduated from school and after this exciting break she will start university in the fall. She has been travelling for 6 months. Previous to Costa Rica she was in Read More …
March 2016
As the dry season is slowly passing we are reminded of how important moisture is for our forest. It is an extremely dry year with record warm temperatures in this normally cool moist cloud forest. Some of our recently planted Read More …