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Artificial tunnels near Terraba river

Artificial tunnels near Terraba river

Not all human activities are harmful to nature – sometimes people create wonderful facilities that are becoming important shelters for animals. This is the case with two artificial tunnels located on the banks of the River Terraba. The tunnels, designed to

Stanimira Deleva April 30, 2018April 30, 2018 News Read more

Paperless cave survey – donation from Idea Wild

Paperless cave survey – donation from Idea Wild

Surveying caves is now a piece of cake for us thanks to the donation of Idea Wild! Now we can create maps of the caves that we discover way faster thanks to the DistoX laser distance meter, upgraded with a

Stanimira Deleva November 6, 2017November 9, 2017 News Read more

Old gold mine in Osa Peninsula – home for unique animals

Old gold mine in Osa Peninsula – home for unique animals

Osa Peninsula is Costa Rica’s most remote place and one of the wildest places on Earth. For many years this area was a shelter to gold diggers, who lived isolated in the rainforest, hoping to find a treasure, digging the

Stanimira Deleva April 26, 2017April 26, 2017 News Read more

Final report for the first year of our project – The Rufford Foundation

Final report for the first year of our project – The Rufford Foundation

  On this link you can find the final report for your funding from the Rufford Small Grant Foundation. 

Stanimira Deleva January 31, 2017January 31, 2017 News Read more

Caving expedition in Panama

Caving expedition in Panama

An international caving expedition around the Bayano lake, Panama, was held from 11 fo 15 Janyary 2017. Researchers from The USA, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Costa Rica, Poland, France and Bulgaria attended the expedition. Five members of the “Anthros” group

Stanimira Deleva January 29, 2017January 29, 2017 News Read more

Exploration of new caves in the “Piedras Blancas” National Park

Exploration of new caves in the “Piedras Blancas” National Park

The cave of the lost lagoon (Laguna Perdida) was discovered by the rangers in the “Piedras Blancas” National Park. They asked the “Anthros” Speleological group to support the exploration of this new cave. Due to the rainy season, the trip had

Stanimira Deleva January 29, 2017January 29, 2017 News Read more

Fill our Online Survey

Fill our Online Survey

On this link you can find survey about the caves in the region Brunca. Please fill it and help us find out more about your oppinion about the caves and bats.   Thank You!

Stanimira Deleva September 21, 2016September 21, 2016 News Read more

Workshop – Introduction to caving in Golfito

Workshop – Introduction to caving in Golfito

This weekend – 30.04 – 01.05. 2016 the Anthros Speleological group together with the Brunca Bats Project team organized a workshop for introducing caves and caving activities to interested people in Golfito. The participants of the event were ten students

Stanimira Deleva May 5, 2016May 5, 2016 News Read more

Thermal images help for the bat monitoring

Thermal images help for the bat monitoring

We tested the thermal imaging as a method for the study of bats during our latest expedition on 14th April. We used a thermal camera FLIR in combination with an Android tablet. Our goal was to observe areas in the caves,

Stanimira Deleva April 18, 2016May 5, 2016 News Read more

Workshop introduction to caving

Workshop introduction to caving

In collaboration with Brunca Bats project , Anthros Speleological Group is holding an introductory workshop to caving, aimed at the public, students and interested in learning about the underworld, who want to learn how to study and protect caves. Dates: Saturday, April 30

Stanimira Deleva April 18, 2016May 5, 2016 News Read more
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