Author: Michael Roy

## Frogs, forests and forest cocoa: five stories from the tropics Seventeen years ago, a Panamanian golden frog vanished from a mountain stream and never came back. This spring, a small team waded into a similar stream carrying mesh pens full of captive-bred frogs, determined to find out whether the species could return home. That…

To have a chance of averting the most extreme climate disaster the biodiversity crisis, and related food and refugee crises, the world must halt tropical deforestation and degradation and restore significant amounts of former forested areas. We are continuing to head in the wrong direction, but is there some light beginning to shine? Through 2020…

Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation Comes to Cocobolo (By Teresa Nichta) We spent two-weeks at Panama’s Cocobolo Nature Reserve, to do a survey of bat species in this tropical hotspot while giving “in the field” workshops to our participants.  Our survey results were impressive and unexpected, recording more than 600 bats of 53 species, more than half…

My name is Ryan Thompson and I am a rising high school senior at Menlo School. Because I had demonstrated commitment to ecology and sustainability, I was awarded a HAND Foundation grant to study tropical ecosystems in Central America and explore the use of satellite imagery to assist researchers. I was drawn to Cocobolo because…

We’re excited to introduce our new activity to discover the insects and other small animals of Cocobolo – starting August 2017: BugCamps! BugCamps are week-long immersion trips to experience firsthand the rainforests and cloud forests of Central Panama and discover the amazing diversity of tropical insects and other small animals. They’re designed primarily for people…

CREA has been studying Cocobolo’s rich avifauna, both residents and migrants, since 2007. To study the bird populations of Panama, we rely on the following methods: mist netting in Cocobolo Nature Reserve, identification, measurement and release; early-morning bird walks to identify residents and migrating species; bio-acoustics to identify birds by their call. Climate change and habitat loss are affecting…

Yet another reason to be thrilled about our amazing biodiversity! Twan Leenders​ from the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History​, just sent us the updated 2017 Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Cocobolo Nature Reserve​, featuring no less than 113 species with gorgeous pictures and tips to identify them! Get your digital copy…