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...
President Laura Fernández fired Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar today after saying he failed to tell her about a high-level security meeting with U.S. President...
A Costa Rican court has temporarily suspended visitor and vehicle access to the Playa Blanca Marine Wetland in Garabito. The tribunal said public use...
