Common Name: Pink trumpet tree
Spanish Name: Roble de sabana
Latin Name: Tabebuia rosea
Family: Bignoniaceae
Geo-distribution: A native tree of Mesoamerica and the national tree...
A map of Costa Rica’s jaguar populations reads like a dartboard after an assault by drunken bar patrons.
Here and there, population centers are scattered...
Art serves many purposes: to beautify, to commemorate, to make a statement, to communicate. Costa Rica’s Edgar Zúñiga accomplishes it all, and his work...
The flames have subsided, but questions about the fire that incinerated an Alajuela chemical plant last week are still raging, as concerned residents and...
PLAYA JUNQUILLAL, Guanacaste – Emanuel and Mainor moved like ghost crabs along Junquillal’s starlit beach, swerving effortlessly with the ebb and flow of high...
Spanish colonial authorities used to fill their coffers with cash they made selling liquor, tobacco and gunpowder.
After Central America gained its independence from...
Anyone living or doing business in Costa Rica – particularly in the northwestern province of Guanacaste, where skyrocketing construction has become a way of...
Poet Shirley Campbell said she considers herself to be utterly black. In fact, during the release of her poetry book, “Rotundamente Negra” (“Utterly Black”),...
Costa Rica is intensifying its defenses against yellow fever as cases surge across Latin America, prompting heightened vigilance from national health authorities. The Pan...
Archaeologists announced Thursday the discovery of the remains of a woman who lived approximately 5,000 years ago and is believed to have belonged to...
Costa Rica's subtle seasonal changes offer orientation when spring, summer, autumn and winter aren’t there to structure the passage of time. Spring is here,...
The recent eruptions of Poás Volcano in Costa Rica have significantly disrupted tourism in nearby communities, including Poás, Poasito, Fraijanes, Vara Blanca, and Los...
