This course heads to Costa Rica every other winter organized by the Study Abroad Association. Sixteen students joined Professors Denise Finney and Triston Ashcroft for the 2023 trip. The students from BIO/ENV-320 (Biology of the Neotropics) conducted research at four research stations throughout Costa Rica:
- Palo Verde Biological Station features extensive wetlands adjacent to one the best patches of dry forest remaining in Central America.
- Tirimbina Biological Station consists of 345 Hectares of protected nature in the Northern Region of Costa Rica.
- Quetzal Education Research Center (QERC) located in the Talamanca Mountains in the valley of San Gerardo, known for high-altitude bird species.
- Las Cruces Biological Station, at 1200 m elevation, is home to the Wilson Botanical Garden plus 300 hectares of mid-elevation wet forest.