Stroud Water Research Center
Rafa Morales, station manager at Maritza Biological Station in Costa Rica, shares photos and videos of interesting wildlife he encounters.
When wildlife-tracking telemetry towers were installed in Pennsylvania and Costa Rica, a purple martin reminded us of the connections between the temperate and tropical watersheds we study.
Visionaries, Inc., a non-profit documentary film production company, will feature Stroud Water Research Center in its 24th season on PBS.
Stroud Center scientists introduced six board members to Maritza Biological Station and the importance of our water research in the tropics.
A team of five Stroud Center scientists worked under the rainbows of the Orosí Volcano in Costa Rica to survey a dozen streams.
Rafa Morales Cueto, field station manager at Maritza Biological Station, filmed this tapir enjoying the rain while swimming in Río Tempisquito.
Ensign comes to the Stroud Center at a unique point in its history. “Many of the legendary scientists who made the Stroud Center famous are retired, and the next generation of scientists is leading us forward.”
Our scientists are advancing knowledge of freshwater systems on five continents and our educators are using the Leaf Pack Network® materials to teach freshwater stewardship throughout North, Central and South America, with plans to expand to Africa and China.
A wildlife camera recorded footage of a tapir walking near Maritza Biological Station in Costa Rica.
A rare daytime sighting of a tapir near Maritza Biological Station in Costa Rica.