wildlife

An unidentified man jumped from a bridge into the Tarcoles River, near Costa Rica's central Pacific coast, on Tuesday evening at approximately 5:20 p.m., according to Mario Viquéz, a spokesman for the Costa Rican Red Cross. The man was quickly eaten by the river's famously abundant crocodiles.

As the plane descends toward Drake Bay, you begin to see the vast expanse of Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula. This remote area of the...

Since I'm more robot than human, I asked a friend to express all the precious emotions that come from viewing this lovely new video full of squeaking sloths that will surely brighten your day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rot39x7XCMk The crocodiles of Costa Rica's Tarcoles River will star in the U.K. in coming months on an episode of Animal Planet U.K.'s "Preposterous Pets." The...

This holiday season, leave the plants and animals where they belong, or else!

It’s been almost a year since the murder of sea turtle conservationist Jairo Mora on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, and sea turtle programs across the country are still feeling the squeeze from a decrease in volunteers. One group is turning to a contest that could help them get a bump in funding.

A photograph of a dead jaguar posted on a Costa Rican youth's Facebook profile on Tuesday has caused outrage among Ticos on social media sites.

Sea turtles in Costa Rica face threats from poachers when they come ashore to lay their eggs, but another threat comes from the water...

Sediment blocking a river mouth has left a group of dolphins stranded in the Pacuare River for nearly a month. The bottlenose dolphins – two adults and a calf – have been living 12 kilometers upriver in Lake Madre de Dios near Costa Rica's Atlantic Coast. Officials believe the animals have a good chance of eventually returning home to sea.

A large school of lantern fish was spotted off Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula in the southern Pacific last week.