We are delighted that Dr. Heather York will be teaching a Neotropical Bat Biology course for us in Costa Rica in 2026. The course dates are June 15 -30, 2026. For more information about the course, visit www.danta.info. Costa Rica is home to more than 100 species of bats, which play a wide variety of important ecological roles in tropical systems,
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Each year DANTA offers a number of training courses in various aspects of tropical biology. The courses are intended for undergraduates or early graduate level students who have a keen interest in tropical biology and conservation but have little or no experience of working in a tropical environment. Non-students are also welcome to participate. For more information, please visit our website and/or contact us
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We are delighted that Dr. Beatriz Lopez will be teaching two Wildlife Conservation and Sustainability courses for us in Costa Rica in 2026. The course dates are December 28 to January 12, 2026, and July 1-16, 2026. For more information about the course, visit http://www.danta.info. Wildlife Conservation and Sustainability This course is designed to provide students with field experience, on
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Dates: December 27 – January 10, 2024 Registration Deadline: December 1, 2023 Instructor: Dr. Beatriz Lopez Each year DANTA offers a number of training courses in various aspects of tropical biology. Typically, the courses are one month long but shorter courses are also offered through our organization. The courses are intended for undergraduates or early graduate level students who have a keen
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A memory came to me last night, that I didn’t realize how formative it had been in the way that I think, make decisions, and navigate in social environments. It was when I was just 21 years old, and I was on a field study with my college in Costa Rica with a group of students studying primate behavior and
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My time spent this winter completing the Wildlife Conservation and Sustainability course through DANTA was unrivaled. The experiences this program facilitated allowed me to be immersed in the ecosystem, community life, culture and traditions of Costa Rica in such a rich way compared to what I would have been able to experience on my own. Each day brought a new
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Each year DANTA offers a number of training courses in various aspects of tropical biology. Typically, the courses are one month long but shorter courses are also offered through our organization. The courses are intended for undergraduates or early graduate level students who have a keen interest in tropical biology and conservation, but have little or no experience of working in a
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Sustainable Tourism: Evaluation and Implementation When: July 29 – August 11, 2019 Application deadline: July 1, 2019 Course fee: $2900 Location: Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica Contact: Visit our website and/or email us at conservation@danta.info for more information Course Description In this course, we explore the growing industry of nature tourism and gain an understanding of its benefits and costs. There is obvious
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DANTA is delighted to announce that Prof. Dr. Eckhard W. Heymann will guest lecture in our winter 2019 (December 28- January 12, 2019) Methods in Primate Behavior and Conservation course to be held at Osa Conservation‘s Piro Research station in the spectacular Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Originally from Linden, a small town north of Frankfurt, he is now a senior scientist at
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Kevin D Hunt is Professor of Anthropology and Animal Behavior, Indiana University. His forthcoming book is titled Chimpanzee: Lessons from our Sister Species. Prof. Hunt specializes in early hominin evolution, particularly the evolution of bipedalism, primate locomotion and posture, chimpanzee functional morphology and ape and human ecomorphology. He has studied seven species of primates, including chimpanzees, baboons and redtails. He has studied
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