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Warning: Dinosaurs on the prowl at new Dino Park near Liberia

New Dino Park at Blue River Resort in Guanacaste will sink its teeth into your inner child.

Corcovado Costa Rica by boat: Tapirs, anteaters and monkeys don’t mind the company

This is the Corcovado model: Animals everywhere, so habituated to human contact that they simply ignore the humans, neither fleeing nor approaching.

Tortuguero: Turtles, eggs, drunks and the circle of life

It's one thing to know that sea turtles have been laying eggs on beaches for tens of millions of years. It's quite another to go to Tortuguero and watch it happen.

Playa Hermosa, the unknown turtle-watching haven

On the black sands of Playa Hermosa, just below Jacó on the Central Pacific Coast, turtle-hatching season has begun again. And from an ideal vantage point on the beach, the Sandpiper Hotel on Hermosa's northern end stands as a symbol for the conservation efforts taken to help get as many baby turtles into the sea as possible.

Neo Fauna in Jacó: Saving the world, one snake at a time

Neo Fauna in Jacó gives visitors a peek into what it's like to house and care for wounded or misplaced animals, before they're (hopefully) returned to the wild.

Killer cat loose in Monteverde, bird learns

A Monteverde hotel cat takes a walk on the wild side and kills a bird. Bad kitty.

Monteverde herpetarium: Fall in love with snakes all over again

If you don't like spiders and snakes, you don't have what it takes to love this.

Orphaned Costa Rica sloths warm to human mothering

An orphaned baby sloth found crying in a tree gets some love (and a tasty leaf) from a human surrogate.
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