FACT SHEETS

Below are links to some nature briefs highlighting interesting facts about the natural life in and around Cloudbridge Nature Reserve. Written by Ian Giddy, co-founder of Cloudbridge Nature Reserve.

Local Environment

• The Cloud Forest
• Wet and Dry
• Tropical Forests
• Cloud Forests
• Chirripo National Park
• Local Fauna
• Local Flora
• Local Geology

Forestry

• Deforestation
• Forest Recovery
• Sustainable Forestation

Ecology

• Life on a Leaf
• Life in a Log
• The Fig and the Wasp
• Heliconias and Hummingbirds
• The Forest’s Fungi Friends

Fauna

• Butterflies
• Leafcutter Ants
• Horned Beetles
• Sex Life of a Moth
• Ode to Taxonomy
• Centipedes and Millipedes
• Blood-Sucking Assassins of Cloudbridge
• Gavilán, the Black Hawk-Eagle
• The Spider Monkey

Flora

• The Strangler Fig
• Bromeliads
• The Cecropia Tree
• Mistletoe
• Tree Ferns
• Orchids
• Elephant’s Ear Story

Lichen and Fungi

• Mist Nets of the Cloud Forest
• Lichen of Cloudbridge

More Resources

Take a look at the reports describing what our Researchers have been studying! Or check out the websites and books of some of our favorite organizations and authors.  If you are interested in learning which species can be found in Cloudbridge, take a look at our species lists.

Interested in becoming a Volunteer or Researcher?  Visit our Volunteer/Researcher Page to learn more, or fill out an application.