Kim Williams-Guillen, our director of conservation science, has been studying fragmented wildlife habitat and conservation corridors in the coffee-growing regions of Chiapas, Mexico. Like many others, she’s been testing the theory that shade-grown coffee plantations help ensure greater biodiversity in …
Leatherback Hatchlings
Do you remember the Leatherback who nested at Brasilon Beach? We have watched as 38 of her eggs have hatched so far! We hope to count several more over the next day.
Doing Away with Disposable Plastics
We’ve just received a press release from our friend Wallace J. Nichols: As ocean pollution experts meet in Hawaii, disturbing new report chronicles effects of decades of plastic pollution on sea turtles—and what we can do about it.… Experts on …
Vampire Bats
Kim Williams-Guillén, our director of conservation science, has shared another gigapan image, this one from a vampire bat cave. Click here to visit the Gigapan page and zoom in and out.
Waves of Change
Liza Gonzalez, Paso Pacifico’s national director, has received a scholarship from the Ocean Conservancy to attend the Fifth International Marine Debris Conference in Hawaii later this month. Liza will represent Nicaragua at this annual symposium which brings ocean conservationists together from …
Jaguar Conservation
Threatened throughout its range and long considered locally extinct across wide areas of the western slope of northern Central America, the jaguar (Panthera onca) is a top priority for our habitat restoration and wildlife corridor efforts. Teaming up with wildlife biologist, Miguel Ordeñana, …
¡Bienvenidos a San Juan del Sur!
Explore San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua with this Gigapan image, which allows you to zoom in and out.
SEEtheWILD
We’re pleased to partner with SEEtheWILD, a new organization launched to make conservation the next trend in travel. SEEtheWILD is helping travelers become conservation activists by helping them select eco-tourism destinations which are home to the animals they would like to save. SEEtheWILD …
Turtle Hatchlings at Brasilon
Saturday night Paso Pacífico staff and visiting scientists were rewarded for their good deeds by Mother Nature. They watched the emergence of baby endangered green sea turtles and olive ridley turtles from the sands of Brasilon beach, north of Ostional. Our …
Central American Changemakers
From our friends at PRETOMA and the Wildlife Conservation Society of Nicaragua: For all of you who have been following Pretoma’s activities and supported our campaigns, many thanks. We need your help again. We are finalists in a competition called …