Monthly Archives: August 2018

Interview with Dr. Carmen Soto, exotic animal veterinarian at wildlife sanctuary Kids Saving the Rainforest in Costa Rica. By: Siobhan Speiran

A mere twenty minutes’ drive from Quepos­– fifteen of which are spent “off-roading” through a palm tree plantation, your taxi deftly careening around potholes and trundling over bumps past plantation workers biking home with five-metre-long harvesting sickles on their shoulders– arrives you at the Blue Banyan Inn, where those wishing to visit or work at Kids Saving the Rainforest (KSTR)

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A Day in the Field

Working in the field might conjure up grand images of discovery and adventure: scenic, untouched forests stretching for miles, watching your study group as they act out dramatic scenes of courtship and political discord, even eventually welcoming you into their fold, showing you things no human has ever been able to witness. My idea of fieldwork may not have been

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