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The “Death by Turtles Group” experienced it ALL! From jumping into an ARRIBADA on day one 🤩🤯to working night and day for 6 consecutive days, to working with hatchlings (baby turtles) all at once. ❤️. No time to lose!

Pacific Sunsets ❤️

OMG! Sorry it took so long team! But here we are. The “Banana Bunch Group”. Not only got the opportunity to work with solitary mama olives but got to cross path a leatherback tracks “off season”! Got to also taste the peak season of the delicious fruit and shared a beautiful night in a lightning storm during patrol! 💥⚡️💫⛈️

Amazing news for the most widely distributed sea turtle species in the world - the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas). After decades and decades of conservation efforts which started and spread since the 1950’s , last month the IUCN Assessment on the species down-listed it to Least Concern (Oct 2025), as it rebounded to approximately 28% increase ✅ since the 1970’s. A big win to celebrate. 🎊 🐢!

The “Melvins Group”! Wrapping up the In Water and Mangroves Sea Turtle Field Courses and Expeditions for this summer programs. The group beat the previous record, with a total of 723 mangrove seedlings planted in 1 day, and had another very productive day with 6 turtles caught at once ! 💫

All our program sites are different and special. Here, at the Osa In Water Program, in the tranquil embrace of Golfo Dulce, humpback whale mothers and calves find sanctuary.
These critical nursery areas and deep maternal bonds are vital for their survival—and remind us why protecting these coastal waters is so essential. 🐋💙 ”
📸 taken by BIOMA Intern directly from the field just a few days ago during our cetacean day field monitoring.

The “Muddy Buddies” Group! They “came for the turtles, stayed for the mud”. Pura Vida! 💫
Every time you hear Bohemian Rhapsody, OSA will be your happy and funny place ! 😃 🎵 🎤 🐢 💃🏼 🕺 🌴

Bad roads bring people & lovely towns together🏡 ☀️ 🌴. Proof that the roughest paths lead to the brightest skies 🌈✨🐢
📸: Current Expeditioner,

Although looking for nesting sea turtles or waiting for the morning to monitor them at their feeding grounds is the main objective, because our field sites are isolated, with little light contamination, it’s hard not to be distracted by the beauty of the night! Here our home galaxy, the Milky Way containing at least 100 billion stars.
In fact, we can see here the Galactic Center! That very dense, cloudy section in the middle of the image is the actual center of our Galaxy, in Sagittarius.
📸 by Expeditioner

Las “Cabras Group 🐐”. What a crazy 🐐start with 11 juvenile hawksbills, 1 male hawksbill and 5 juvenile greens monitored! Great launch of the In-Water South Pacific Sea Turtle Summer Program Field Courses.

Who is up to zip-lining through tree tops of the jungle into narrow canyon gorges, on the way to climbing, rappelling and swinging in 2 Tarzan swings through spectacular scenery!
In the back, the Rincón de la Vieja Volcano!

The “IKTR Group”! “Amazing energy from the first minute, rewarded with a last-minute arribada. Well deserved! Pura Vida!