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Earn 40 research hours working with wild dolphins in beautiful Costa Rica!
Get real-world research experience working on this ongoing wild dolphin research project on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica!
This one-week program puts you alongside researchers whose job is to teach you so you can learn and practice new skills while helping animals in need. Spend one week living at a dolphin research facility learning doing boat-based and lab research of dolphin health and behavior. Your program will also include fun exploration and culture activities on the mid-program weekend.
This program is designed for university-aged students who are interested in becoming veterinarians, researchers, or working professionally with animals. Participants must be at least 18 years old. Most are 18 to 25, but we also accept full-time undergraduates over 25. There are no pre-requisites for this program. You do not need to be in school currently to apply. Individuals of any nationality may apply.
Applicants should be comfortable working with animals and getting their hands, and everything else, dirty. You must be able to swim (no special advanced swimming skills are required.) This program can accommodate a maximum of 10 participants per session.
These program sessions are covered by Loop Abroad’s COVID-19 100% Tuition Refund Policy. If a program is canceled by Loop Abroad due to COVID-19, we will refund 100% of any program tuition you have paid (including the deposit).