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Biodiversity of Hispaniola - 2018

Student wearing Harvard shirt, giving thumbs up, snorkelingTravel to the Dominican Republic through a photographs of our summer 2018 class: BIOS S-158: Study Abroad in the Dominican Republic: Biodiversity of the Dominican Republic

All photographs are copyrighted and many are contributions from staff and course members.

See also: Lab photographs

Biodiversity of Hispaniola - 2018

  • 3 students posing under trees at the Jardin Botánico, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    Fun at the Jardin Botánico, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

  • Bird sitting on a rock at the Jardin Botánico, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    Green heron

    Jardin Botánico, Santo Domingo

  • White flower with yellow-orange spots at the Jardin Botánico, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    Jardin Botánico

    Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

  • Side view of a lizard at the Jardin Botánico, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    Rhinocerous iguana

    Jardin Botánico, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

  • All students posing under the water at Padre Nuestro, Parque del Este

    Night swim

    Padre Nuestro, Parque del Este

  • Prof. Farrell and students sitting around a table on the beach, at night, with water and palm trees in the background

    Late night beach dinner

    Bayahibe

  • Student wearing a snorkle, holding a starfish up, underwater

    Underwater at Parque Nacional del Este

    Isla Saona

  • Underwater at Isla Saona

    Underwater at Isla Saona

  • Student stands on the beach, under a palm, using a straw to drink from a coconut

    Fresh coconut!

    Isla Saona

  • 7 students smile while in the water, with beach behind them. Sunset reflections on the water.

    Sunset at Parque Nacional del Este

  • Brown and black beetle on a woody branch

    Jewel beetle (Buprestidae), possibly Polycesta sp.

    Padre Nuestro, Parque del Este

  • Students and professor listening to member of the Instituto de Investigaciones Botánicas y Zoológicas, surrounded by collections cabinets

    At the Instituto de Investigaciones Botánicas y Zoológicas, UASD

  • Red dragonfly highlighted by headlamp, sitting on branch at night

    Dragonfly during a night visit to the Jardin Botánico

  • Student holding lizard, lighting it with headlamp

    Anolis lizard

    Night visit to the Jardin Botánico

  • Frog sitting on a single finger of an open hand

    Tiny frog spotted during our night visit

    Jardin Botánico

  • Young woman walks across plaza

    Santo Domingo

  • Overhead view of green, purple, and dark pink ferns

    Colorful ferns

    Ébano Verde Scientific Reserve

  • Students and professor pose for group photo on observation tower, sky and tree tops behind them

    Among the treetops

    Ébano Verde Scientific Reserve

  • Furled fern in front, dark, blurred foliage in background

    Ébano Verde Scientific Reserve

  • Backs of line of students hiking down mountain, surrounded by lush green palms and ferns

    Hiking through Ébano Verde

  • Student wearing baseball cap, smiling, holding binoculars near face. Palm trees in background.

    Searching the trees with binoculars

    Ébano Verde Scientific Reserve

  • Small, round, green and white bird sitting on slender branch

    Narrow-billed tody

    Ébano Verde Scientific Reserve

  • Students and professor being shown natural history cabinets

    Museo de Historia Natural

    Behind the scenes

  • Looking down at drawer of pinned butterfly specimens

    Butterfly specimen drawer

    Museo Nacional de Historia Natural

  • Student wearing snorkeling gear and a Harvard shirt, underwater, pointing at shirt

    Snorkeling at Punta Cana

  • Piano key walkway leading to bus; pink lighting at night, artwork painted on left of passageway, prints hanging on right.

    Dinner spot

    Punta Cana

  • Class members in aqua water of swimming hole, with lush green trees around

    Swimming hole

    Punta Cana

  • Profile of yellow, black, and white-striped weevil, with bright orange flowers in background

    Weevil - exothalamus sp.

    At Valle Nuevo

  • Back of young woman's head as she takes in view of mountains and greenery

    Traveling through Valle Nuevo

  • Blue hydrangeas in foreground, roof of eco-lodge behind it, with sign stating Villa Pajon

    Villa Pajon

    Home base in Valle Nuevo

  • Yellow lily in front of wildflowers and silhouetted tree, purple cast to image

    Night falls over Valle Nuevo

  • Flag of Dominican Republic on left, tree middle, Las Pirámides right, in the fog

    Las Pirámides

    Constanza, Valle Nuevo

  • Small, glossy, bright orange mushroom, students photographing it in background

    Fungus find in Valle Nuevo

  • Student sitting astride horse, with light purple flowers on both side of trail

    Ready for a trail ride near Villa Pajon

    Valle Nuevo, Dominican Republic