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An overview of Costa Rica's best fishing spots and species.

Whether you've got a lot of space or a little, a green thumb or knack for killing plants, "Home Gardening" columnist Ed Bernhardt explains why this is the time to plan your Costa Rican garden.

This hardy bush is found in most regions of Costa Rica and easy to identify with its clusters of yellow, bell-shaped flowers and serrated, compound, pinnate leaves with 5 to 13 leaflets. This plant is a member of the family Bignoniaceae, and is related to Roble Sabana (Tabebuia rosea) and Cortez Amarillo (Tabebuia chrysantha), which has similar flowers.

On two separate occasions over the last year, I have been asked for information about what life may have been like in Puerto Limón...

HOME GARDENING: Malinche makes a pretty shrub for the tropical garden while offering multiple medicinal uses.

If you are driving from Juan Santamaría International Airport toward San José, you will pass two sets of billboards. Lettered in Spanish, the signs...

How one woman from Guanacaste fulfilled her dreams of traveling the world.

Learning from people from so many different backgrounds, from their knowledge and ignorance, is more valuable than any degree; it opens your mind to a different world.

The purpose of the group is to promote sport fishing as a competitive sport and have a common front on fisheries conservation.

Let’s assume it's a fact that Costa Rica will vote for its next president for the first time in our history on Easter Sunday,...