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BioCursos: Connecting human ingenuity and nature
OTS is pleased to announce the relaunch of our BioCursos program, an initiative that seeks to make the natural world available to our community in an experiential way. BioCursos is...
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News from the Board and President/CEO – January 2025
Connecting with you in 2025! For OTS, 2024 was a year for renewing long-standing connections and making new ones. Over a year ago, on a trip to Las Cruces for...
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OTS Attends the U.N. sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) in Cali, Colombia
In late October, OTS Director for Strategic Engagement Carlos Silva traveled to Cali as part of a delegation of more than 20 people from the Ecological Society of America (ESA)...
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Alumni Ambassador spotlight – January 2025
Photo: Darren Lowery An interview with Darren Lowery, African Ecology and Conservation, Fall 2024 What made you decide to do an OTS program? I decided to do an OTS program,...
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Announcing the Dr. Nora Bynum Fund for Inclusion
To celebrate the work of Dr. Nora Bynum, who retired last fall from her position as OTS Dean of Academic Programs, OTS announces the Dr. Nora Bynum Fund for Inclusion....
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News from Admissions – January 2025
Tropical Biology, Spring 2025 OTS Admissions proudly welcomes our Spring 2025 undergraduate cohorts! Our African Ecology and Conservation program in South Africa has reached its largest enrollment since pre-pandemic times,...
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Science happenings at OTS: New research and publications – January 2025
Photo: Stephanie Clements Photo: Stephanie Clements Complex patch geometries maximize species richness at the expense of forest specialists. The landscape surrounding Las Cruces Research Station is highly fragmented, consisting...
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An OTS “Home by the Sea”— A gift that bridges art and conservation
Florencia Urbina Crespo We are delighted to share that renowned Costa Rican visual artist Florencia Urbina Crespo, a member of the seminal contemporary art group Bocaracá, former Director of the...
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Graduate Programs – January 2025
The year 2025 is packed with a lot of amazing graduate-level courses to be held all across Costa Rica. We started the year with the two-week Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes...
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In her ‘magic’ way: Dr. Nora Bynum retires after leading worldwide education and research efforts
On November 15, the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) honored Dr. Nora Bynum by creating the Dr. Nora Bynum Fund for Inclusion. She’s a fitting recipient of this recognition, given...