[5] In Canada, a teaching guide for rainforests based on the Ontario curriculum is available to teachers along with over 50 fact sheets on the wildlife of the Tortuguero Region of Costa Rica.

Located inside the Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, the Caño Palma Biological Station is about five miles (18 km) north of Tortuguero, Costa Rica on its north-east coast.

Once an ancient floodplain, this Atlantic tropical wet forest covers the lowlands and is one of Costa Rica's richest biological ecosystems.

[4] The station receives interns from tertiary institutions such as York University,[7] HAS Hogeschool [8] and Vanier College[9] Ongoing monitoring projects have included conservation work on sea-turtle nesting sites, mammal monitoring, bird-breeding studies, migratory-bird studies, reptile and amphibian diversity surveys, and surveys of the freshwater fish in the Tortuguero region.

Playa Norte, the beach that the station is near, is home to four of the existing seven sea-turtle species including green, leatherback, hawksbill and loggerhead sea turtles.

[13] This project has established baseline data on the presence of large mammals and each of the three primate species ranging in and inhabiting the Caño Palma and Tortuguero region's lowland rainforest.

Three Costa Rican primate species that inhabit the area include the mantled howler, white-headed capuchin and spider monkey.

In 2012, a Vanier College intern started an ACER (Association for Canadian Educational Resources) forest plot on the station's property.

The one-acre compound consists of a central kitchen and dining room with a surrounding library, dormitory, and washroom facilities.