By THOMAS E. LOVEJOY WHETHER in Davos or almost anywhere else that leaders are discussing the world’s problems, they are missing by far the biggest issue: the rapidly deteriorating global environment and its ability to support civilization. The situation is pretty much an endgame. Unless pressing issues of the biology of the planet and of climate [...]

Why should people focus their energy on environmentalism? Are there more meaningful causes like addressing humanist concerns such the more than one-billion world citizens living in slums, women’s rights, and aid to the needy? I will argue that environmentalism is the most fundamental humanist concern. There are two intellectual stances on environmental preservation and sustainability. [...]

Costa Rica has four species of monkeys (called monos in Spanish), three of which live in the Children’s Eternal Rainforest.  How can you tell them apart?  Here’s a photo of each and some fun facts from MCL President Mark Wainwright’s outstanding and beautifully illustrated field guide, The Mammals of Costa Rica: Mantled howler monkey (Alouatta [...]

Your gift this season helps protect this baby Sloth from poachers and provides many endangered creatures with needed habitat.

  While the Children’s Eternal Rainforest is home to spectacular wildlife such as jaguars, tapirs, monkeys, quetzals, boa constrictors, hummingbirds and sloths, the forest hosts an even greater variety of plants, including 500 species of orchids and 800 types of trees.  These numbers are impressive, but it helps to have images to visualize this diversity. [...]

The Children’s Eternal Rainforest is located in Monteverde, Costa Rica. The rainforest in the area is home to not only amazing birds, snakes, plants, and other animals, but also has some extreme attractions if you end up going. Check these videos out — guaranteed to get your heart pounding! The first: 1 Kilometer long zip-line, [...]

Last week when the board of Friends of the Rainforest were visiting Costa Rica they spent the night in the Children’s Eternal Rainforest at Poco Sol. Jim Wolfe, biologist, film maker and ex-board member who has a cabin nearby, put his camera out overnight near the trail from the lake down to the waterfall at [...]

Dear Forest Friends, The new year marks our 10th Anniversary and we are kicking off a new decade of conservation with some exciting reasons to celebrate. We have a fresh new look, name and URL that more closely reflects our mission to protect, support and expand the Children’s Eternal Rainforest in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Carrying [...]

Dear Friends, Imagine standing at the highest point of the Children’s Eternal Rainforest in Costa Rica and witnessing one of nature’s most breathtaking and elegant spectacles as butterflies paint the sky with a splendid palette of colors during their annual mass migration from the Pacific to the Atlantic side of the mountains. This timeless movement of [...]

Laurie Waller met with Dr. Peter H. Raven, Presient Emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden and member of the MCLUS board. He speaks here of the tremendous value of the Children’s Eternal Rainforest. You can learn more about Dr. Raven and his career at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_H._Raven.