Roughly 10 kilometers from the Sirena Ranger Station, deep inside Corcovado National Park on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula, the moss-covered skeleton of a humpback whale lies scattered across the rainforest floor. At first glance, it looks impossible — a marine giant, resting where no ocean has reached in living memory. How a Whale Ends Up in a Rainforest The skeleton … [Read more...] about A Whale Skeleton Sits Deep in a Costa Rican Rainforest — Here’s How It Probably Got There
Osa Peninsula
A whale skeleton in the middle of a rainforest in Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Imagine this: lush rainforest canopy overhead, exotic birdsong filling the air, and then... a giant whale skeleton bleached white by the sun. It sounds like something out of a fantasy novel, but it's a real phenomenon found deep within the heart of Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula! The Curious Case of the Rainforest Whale Nestled within the pristine wilderness of Corcovado … [Read more...] about A whale skeleton in the middle of a rainforest in Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica