NHM Expeditions - Costa Rica

	In 2003, scientists from the Natural History Museum, the California Academy of Sciences, and the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad traveled to Costa Rica to collect sea slugs. Learn more »
	Our field work took place in Costa Rica, Central America. Costa Rica was chosen as the study site because of its great biological diversity, ongoing collaborative research projects of team members. Learn more »
	Eleven people from three different institutions worked together to make this expedition a success. Find out more about each team member and their role on the expedition. Learn more »
	There are about 1.5 million species on earth that have been described scientifically, but scientists estimate that the total number of species is probably between 5 and 50 million. Learn more »
	Nudibranchs are a type of mollusks, and mollusks are a diverse group of animals that include snails, clams and other bivalves, squid and octopi. They are essentially "naked snails." Learn more »
	The goal of these activities is to enable students to experience fieldwork firsthand. Studies of living creatures will encourage students to appreciate the diversity of life around their neighborhood. Learn more »