Costa Rica this week launched a new tourism campaign in major U.S. and Canadian markets.
Branded "Only the Essentials," the marketing push promotes Costa Rica...
If you’re accustomed to the same boring “deer crossing” signs, you’ll likely crack a smile at the silhouette of a rain forest creature by the side of the carretera.
Whether they’re called “sloths” or “osos perezosos” (“lazy bears”), these slow-moving mammals have never earned a flattering name. But sloths are unperturbed by pretty...
There are plenty of endangered marine animals, but sea turtles capture the imagination. They swim with Taoist calm, patiently drifting thousands of kilometers over...
Two Costa Rican lodges have some serious bragging rights. The Pacuare Lodge, in Talamanca, and Lapa Rios Lodge, in the Osa Peninsula, have made National...
Construction is continuing on a 308-meter (1,010-foot) bridge that Costa Rican officials say will become one of the longest four-lane bridges in Central America....
Starbucks has opened its 33rd store in Costa Rica while Dunkin' adds locations in Zapote and Sabana Este, intensifying competition in the country's coffee and doughnut market.
Costa Rica has detained 56 Peruvian nationals today after finding them working without authorization at a gold mine in Miramar, Puntarenas. The workers had...
