Summer 2023 primate field school in Costa Rica: Maderas Rainforest Conservancy

[Laura Bolt]

Are you looking for a primate field school?

Maderas Rainforest Conservancy  (https://maderasrfc.org/) is currently accepting applications for summer 2023 and winter 2023-2024 field courses at La Suerte, Costa Rica. All primate field courses are taught by Dr. Laura Bolt (Adjunct Professor at University of Toronto Mississauga). Most universities will offer course credit for completing this field school, although credit is granted at the discretion of each institution.

This intensive field course provides experience in studying wild monkeys in a tropical rainforest environment and is excellent preparation for graduate studies in primatology, animal behaviour, and ecology. La Suerte Biological Research Station is a protected rainforest sanctuary operated by the Maderas Rainforest Conservancy, a conservation non-profit organization. The site contains mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata), white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus imitator), and Central American spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). Primate studies have been ongoing at this site for 25 years.

For more information and to apply, visit https://maderasrfc.org/

If you have any questions, email Dr. Laura Bolt at laura...@mail.utoronto.ca.

Dates and prices:

Summer session A, 2023 (May 30 - June 22 2023, $2400 USD not including flight)

Summer session B, 2023 (June 24 - July 17 2023, $2400 USD not including flight)

Winter 2023 (Dec 27 2023 - Jan 9 2024, $2150 USD, not including flight)