Tips For Costa Rica

The endangered blue whale is found in all oceans of the world, from the tropics to the drift ice of polar waters. On March 4, 2009 a baby blue whale was seen and photographed underwater possibly for the first time in the warm waters off the coast of Costa Rica. There is substantial evidence that this area (which is called “the Dome” )is the calfing ground for the endangered blue whale. During a January 2008 expedition to the “Dome” researchers had been searching for a calf, but begun to lose hope of finding one. Then two telltale spouts began erupting at the sea surface. Bruce Mate, of the Marine...