Spotted Sandpipers often bob their tails while walking along water edges.
Explore South Pacific
Costa Rica’s South Pacific region brings together rainforest, mountain communities and remarkable coastal landscapes. Uvita, the Osa Peninsula and the Golfo Dulce invite discovery of the connections between forests, rivers and sea. Look closer with Pico and Tati, ask questions and show care by respecting local communities and leaving nature undisturbed.
Panama Hermit Crab
Clibanarius panamensis is a marine hermit crab documented in Costa Rican coastal collections.
Pacific Land Hermit Crab
Coenobita compressus is a land hermit crab whose adult life is spent on land near the coast.
Mexican Long-spined Sea Urchin
Diadema mexicanum is an eastern Pacific urchin associated with rocky lower shores and underwater rocky habitat.
