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 poised to revolutionize its transportation landscape with the introduction of electric air taxis, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional ground travel...
Esperanza Martinez lost three relatives who were murdered and saw numerous bodies left in the streets of her neighborhood, a former stronghold of the...
