Even in Playa Grande -- the last mass nesting beach in the Eastern Pacific for critically endangered leatherbacks -- menus largely feature seafood caught by longlines and trawling nets, fishing practices that have devastating impacts on sea turtles.
Scientists have identified a gene that seems to be responsible for turning hot and cold temperatures into girl and boy baby turtles. The finding could help keep turtles safe in an ever-warming world.
Tico Times travel writers rode the highways of Costa Rica far and wide in 2015, and it’s not a stretch to say we had 10 years’ worth of adventure in one. Here's our list of our top 5 travel stories of 2015.
Costa Rica conservation tour at 11th Latin American Congress of Private Nature Reserves comes with a turtle nursery, a sloth sighting and other fun stuff.
It's one thing to know that sea turtles have been laying eggs on beaches for tens of millions of years. It's quite another to go to Tortuguero and watch it happen.
Santa Fe Island, in the Galapagos archipelago, is the former home to Chelonoidis sp, a subspecies of giant tortoise which died out after humans took a hefty toll on the ecosystem, beginning in the 18th century when pirates and buccaneers decimated the population.
