Neotropic Cormorant
A versatile diving bird found from Pacific harbors to Amazon rivers, often drying its wings on the nearest exposed perch.
Limón, Costa Rica: places and wildlife
Browse the published Explore collection for Limón, Costa Rica. Open a discovery for its field guide, practical details, and background.
Roadside Hawk
The small, vocal hawk of tropical roadsides often watches from a wire or bare branch before dropping onto prey.
Brown-throated Sloth
A rounded clump in the Peruvian canopy resolves into long limbs, three hooked claws on every foot, a brown throat, and rain-shedding fur whose grooves host algae.
Cane Toad
A broad-headed Neotropical toad carries large toxin glands behind its eyes—an effective defense that makes a curious dog, not a quiet observer, the urgent concern.
Green Iguana
A powerful tree-dwelling herbivore that can escape predators by diving from branches directly into water.
Golden-winged Warbler
This crisp gray-and-gold migrant thrives not in deep forest or open field, but in the shifting edge between them—a habitat easy to erase by accident.