Author: oscar.madrigal

The Best Part of South Africa

Ella HeadDuke University African Ecology & Conservation in South Africa - Spring 2018 That's me on top of a giant termite mound! While I was deciding whether or not I was going to study abroad in South Africa, lots of fears crossed my mind. I worried about all the things...

First Impressions Of Costa Rica

Mikayla Kifer Bowdoin College Tropical Biology on a Changing Planet in Costa Rica - Fall 2017 My classmate, Tyus getting up close and personal to a tarantula. For most people, travelling is a way to explore differences. We like to contrast our “normal,” boring lives with something foreign and exciting; the...

Looking Back on Costa Rica

Ryan Davis Grinnell College Tropical Biology on a Changing Planet in Costa Rica, Fall 2014 I have few experiences that I look back upon with such fondness and joy as my semester abroad with the OTS Tropical Biology program in Costa Rica. That's me in front of the many volcanoes...