Vincent Losasso

Join a unique wildlife monitoring project in Costa Rica's tropical dry forest, where a diverse group of volunteers including seniors and families review camera traps.

A lazy Sunday football day turned into a wildlife encounter when a harmless ringed snail-eater snake appeared in our Costa Rican garden

Learn about the rare five-keeled spiny-tailed iguana, one of Costa Rica’s least seen reptiles, and its resemblance to the common black spiny-tailed iguana

The cultural importance of cows in Costa Rica. From being providers of meat and milk to becoming living savings accounts on four legs, discover their impact on rural life.

A few days ago, around six o’clock in the evening I was doing regular dad stuff, yelling at kids to turn down the volume on their iPads and chatting with my wife, when my phone declared I had a new message on WhatsApp with a loud ping. The phone revealed a new message in the Jaguar Group. The Jaguar Group consists of a few jaguar researchers who share information amongst themselves, and I must confess I’m extremely proud to have been included in it a few months ago.

Today’s featured avian creature is the White Hawk, a widespread, beautiful bird of prey whose life is still a bit of a mystery. The white hawk (Pseudastur albicollis) is called the gavilán blanco in Spanish. The English and Spanish names hit the nail on the head because the white hawk is indeed predominantly white.

The captivating shift from Costa Rica's wet to dry season in Guanacaste. See how this transformation leads to incredible wildlife events.

Find out about Costa Rica’s six wild cat species through fascinating insights from years of camera trapping. Learn about ocelots, pumas, jaguars, and more in their natural habitats.

Part of the fun of moving from a temperate climate to the tropics is the discovery of new fruits. During my first year in Costa Rica, I was treated to a variety of new tropical delights including guava, passion fruit, mamón chino, mangosteen, and water apple. Even the fruits that I recognized from the grocery store like papaya and mango were almost like new discoveries because the taste of locally grown fruit blows away the flavors of items shipped for hundreds of miles.

My work with camera traps is a combination of science and art. Ecology is the study of the relationship between living organisms and their physical environment. An understanding of the species that I’m seeking out and how those species use their environment certainly has an effect on the success of a project. As for the art side of things, I go to a lot of trouble to try set my camera traps in a manner that will produce the most visually appealing wildlife video possible. So my goals are clear. I want to record as many as species as I can, and I want those videos to be spectacular.