Time at the field station is always entertaining and educational. During the day ITEC researchers are conducting their studies on forest ecology, primates, coral reefs, archaeology and other topics. During the summer months and over winter break ITEC presents tropical field courses. Students are busy attending lectures, working on projects, talking with professors or studying in the library. People are always bringing things back to the station, especially the herpetologists, who haul back frogs, lizards, snakes and turtles for others to see and photograph. Occasionally mammals, such as silky anteaters, sloths, mouse opossums and monkeys are brought into the station by locals folks seeking to sell what they have. We discourage this and never purchase what they bring. The archaeologist always have something new to show and the marine biologists too are stocking the seawater flow tanks with various sea creatures. There are nightly lectures on a variety of subjects depending on the courses being taught or who happens to be doing research at the station. Discussions during meals and general socializing with faculty, students, researchers and staff is always enlightening. Thursday is movie night at the field station. Mostly films that have a story relating to tropical forest or coral reefs are kept in our video library. There are many other sorts of activities to get involved in during the evening. Folks are working in the laboratory, doing library research or sit about discussing the days events or some theoretical topic. Occasionally mist nets are set up in the compound to see what bats are about, or some creature (tamandua, mouse opossum, boa, etc.) crawls into the compound and stirs everyone up. Evenings are also important for the archaeologist as they wash, clean and discover the treasures exhumed during the day.