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...
An employee of Costa Rica's immigration agency was arrested this morning on suspicion of manipulating official records to push through a residency card renewal...
Costa Rica marked Children’s Day on Wednesday with a demographic reality that is already changing the schools and will eventually reshape its workforce: there...
Scientists may have found an explanation for the mysterious mass deaths of crabs that washed ashore along several popular beaches in Guanacaste last month....
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook the southern Pacific region of Costa Rica early this morning, surprising residents there and in parts of the Central...
