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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

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

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

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

Bats on a vacation – Playa Arco Sea cave

Bats on a vacation – Playa Arco Sea cave

Caves are different types, depending on how they are formed. The most common type is the Solutional caves. Caves from this type are formed due to the existence of three conditions – water soluble rock such as limestone, salt or

Stanimira Deleva March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 News Read more

Corredores Cave

Corredores Cave

We started the field work for 2016 on 2nd January with the Corredores Cave near the town Neily. The conditions were perfect – low river level and dry weather – very important for visiting cave with underground stream such as

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Field work in December

Field work in December

We started the project field work in December 2015 together with the experienced cavers from the Anthros Group. Our small expedition was held between 26 and 28th December around the town of Neily. The main goal was to find and explore

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