Meet a bat we didn’t know existed in Nicaragua, follow a tagged sea turtle, and help us name the next turtle we tag. Conservation in Action On the night of June 27 on Brasilon beach in southwestern Nicaragua, a green …
‘Batwoman’ Bags New Bat in Nicaragua
In yesterday’s Arizona Daily Sun: NAU School of Forestry wildlife ecology professor Carol Chambers, and Nicaraguan bat expert Arnulfo Ramon Medina Fitoria netted, measured, weighed and documented the only Phylloderma stenops bat ever captured and recorded in the Central American …
Presenting Alexa
We are pleased to introduce Alexa, the Hawksbill turtle to our colleagues and fellow friends of the sea. Alexa is named for Alex Gaos, co-founder of ICAPO, the Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative. Alex and Ingrid Yañez have linked many people in …
Presentando Alexa
Querido Amigos y Compañeros del mar, Quiero presentarles a la tortuga Carey, ALEXA. Ella es bendecida con su nombre en honor a nuestro dinámico y motivador líder Alex Gaos. Gracias a Alex e Ingrid todos somos vinculados como amigos y …
Recognizing Paso Pacifico’s Rangers
Salvador Sanchez has been selected to travel to Argentina on a full scholarship for the eighth annual Latin American regional ranger training course. We’re pleased that Salvador has been selected as the fourth Paso Pacifico ranger to represent Nicaragua in this prestigious …
California’s Official Marine Reptile
The California state Senate voted this week to make the endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle the official marine reptile of California. Assuming Governor Jerry Brown signs the legislation into law, October 15th will officially be Leatherback Conservation Day in the state …
The Tortoise
Our friends at the Turtle Conservancy have launched The Tortoise, their new magazine dedicated to the appreciation and conservation of tortoises and turtles and their habitats worldwide. “Turtles and tortoises have been on our earth for more than 200 million years, …
Bat Calls
A team from Bats Conservation International, Paso Pacifico, and MARENA studies bats at Volcano Masaya National Park. Bats are essential to ecosystem health and their populations are dwindling around the world, so it is important to understand individual bat species, bat …
Tracking Saralisa
Saralisa, the green sea turtle we tagged in June, is off the coast of El Salvador. She has traveled a long way and is now in the waters where two of the turtles recently tagged by ICAPO have run into …
The Results Are In
In ten days on Playa Colorado for the ISA World Masters Surfing Championship, we hauled out 21000 pounds of garbage and 3000 pounds of recycables. Thanks again to partner organizations RENISA and Proyecto TESÓN who helped us keep the beaches …